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One of the tell tale signs of spring, is the yearly ritual of setting the clocks forward one hour. This weekend most will set their clocks ahead one hour before crawling into bed on Saturday night. Others will put off the inevitable until Sunday in the hopes they can hold onto that one hour of sleep.

The daylight savings ritual is meant to save energy by giving us an extra hour of daylight during the evening hours. Kids can enjoy a little extra playing time after school with the time change. However, many dread losing the precious one hour of sleep that accompanies this time change.

Daylight savings began during World War I, and became standardized in the US in 1967. In 2007, daylight savings time was set to begin on the second Sunday in March instead of the first Sunday in April. This change was an effort to help reduce skyrocketing energy costs. So far, there has been no real cost savings with this new change.

The hour of extra daylight runs through to the first Sunday in November. This change is usually welcome, because people get an extra hour of sleep.

The official daylight savings time begins at 2:00 am on Saturday night/Sunday morning.