Anthony Sulser
Daylight-saving time will begin Sunday and end on the first Sunday in November, stretching the spring occurrence four weeks longer than usual.
This marks the first time that it will begin in March rather than the traditional April.
The move was prompted by Congress in order to help conserve energy costs, prevent automobile accidents at night.
The move is also met with much skepticism.
This isn’t the first time congress has tried out an extended daylight-saving time.
In 1974-75 Richard Nixon proposed a two-year daylight-saving time in order to help with the OPEC oil embargo.
The result was some unhappy parents who sent their kids off to school in the darkness during the fall.
The idea of extending summer hours has been toyed with frequently over its 100-year history, beginning with the Germans, who during World War I extended daylight-saving time to help with war costs.
The United States and Britain were close to follow, but switched back before the war was over.
Then there are the farmers. More sunlight means more crops and better growing, but farmers are reluctant to accept daylight-saving time.
Farmers must deliver their crops during early morning hours to local markets and general stores.
The extended hours which daylight saving brings forces them into the darkness early along with the school children of 1974-75.
This year, America gives daylight saving another chance.
The change will bring longer hours during the summer day for many great activities, but for those early morning risers, prepare for a dark and late-rising sun in October and November.
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