Spring Ahead! Daylight Saving Time Begins

Introduced for the first time in 1918 during World War I for just one summer, Daylight Saving Time was used only intermittently and only in some states until World War II, when it was reintroduced nationwide and year-round as “War Time”. The practice lasted from 1942 to 1945, but was followed by patchwork local use again afterwards. A federal law on DST was enacted in 1966, and it has been in use in various permutations and with a number of adjustments ever since.

Many people have difficulties remembering which way the clock moves when the time changes. One easy way is to remember the mnemonic “spring forward, fall back”.