Daylight Saving Time Begins

Daylight Saving Time Begins Facts

• Daylight Savings Time in 2023 will start on Sunday, March 12th at 2:00 AM local time. Clocks will be shifted forward one hour, making the local time 3:00 a.m. in 2023. This change in time allows for more daylight in the evening before it starts to gets dark.
• On March 16th, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed a bill titled the Sunshine Protection Act. The bill makes daylight savings time the new, permanent standard time, which takes effect in November 2023.
• Benjamin Franklin first proposed the idea of DST in 1784. He wrote An Economical Project for the Journal of Paris, wherein he discussed the cost of oil for lamps as well as working while it was dark, and sleeping while it was day.
• Daylight Savings Time changes at 2:00 a.m. This time is selected in an effort to provide the least amount of inconvenience to businesses and citizens.
• DST always begins on the second Sunday in March, and ends on the first Sunday in November.
• Hawaii and Arizona do not use DST. Only part of Indiana used it, but since 2006, it's used throughout the whole state.

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Daylight Saving Time Begins Top Events and Things to Do

• Move your clocks forward 1 hour before bed on Saturday night before the Daylight Saving Time day in March.
• Go to bed an hour earlier Saturday night before Daylight Savings Time to catch up on sleep.
• Get outside and enjoy the extra hour of daylight.
• Replace the batteries in the smoke alarm and carbon dioxide monitors.
• Clean out the medicine cabinet. Dispose of all medicines properly.

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