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Daylight saving time to end

Ready to fall back?

Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday.

You pick up an extra hour of sleep as time falls back one hour.

It was Benjamin Franklin, while U.S. minister to France, who first suggested the idea in an essay titled "An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light." The essay was first published in the Journal de Paris in April 1784. But the idea first got serious consideration when Englishman, William Willett, suggested it again in 1907.

In 1918, in order to conserve resources for the war effort, the U.S. Congress placed the country on Daylight Saving Time for the remainder of WW I. It was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. The law, however, proved so unpopular that it was later repealed.
When America went to war again, Congress reinstated Daylight Saving Time on Feb. 9, 1942. Time in the U.S. was advanced one hour to save energy. It remained advanced one hour forward year-round until Sept. 30, 1945.

From 1945 to 1966, there was no U.S. law about Daylight Saving Time. So, states and localities were free to observe Daylight Saving Time or not.
This, however, caused confusion -- especially for the broadcasting industry, and for trains and buses. Because of the different local customs and laws, radio and TV stations and the transportation companies had to publish new schedules every time a state or town began or ended Daylight Saving Time.
By 1966, some 100 million Americans were observing Daylight Saving Time through their own local laws and customs. Congress decided to step in end the confusion and establish one pattern across the country. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 created Daylight Saving Time to begin on the last Sunday of April and to end on the last Sunday of October. Any area that wanted to be exempt from Daylight Saving Time could do so by passing a local ordinance.
The law was amended in 1986 to begin Daylight Saving Time on the first Sunday in April.
This was done to conserve energy during the month of April. Adding the entire month of April is estimated to save nationwide about 300,000 barrels of oil each year.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 was passed by Congress and then signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005. Under the new law, Daylight Saving Time begins three weeks earlier than previously, on the second Sunday in March. DST is extended by one week to the first Sunday in November. The new start and stop period was to begin March 2007.

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By: Stingray on 11/2/07
You need to change the title and first line of the article to match the rest of the story. It is officially daylight saving time, not daylight savings time.

By: DMW37128 on 11/2/07
Does this mean the roosters will be messed up?

By: UnionLady1055 on 11/3/07
Roosters don't get messed up.. Just us turkeys!

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