Daylight Savings Time 2010

Don’t Forget to Adjust Your Clocks
On Sunday, November 7, 2010, America leaves Daylight Saving Time and returns to Standard Time. At 2:00 am, clocks must be turned back one hour, marking the end of Daylight Saving Time.

The adjusting of clocks is not some random crazy law, but, instead an attempt to save energy by taking advantage of the sun and light during the 8 month period from March through October. The practice began back during World War I as an effort to save energy for the War effort.

In 2005, the Energy Policy Act set the official time and dates for Daylight Saving Time. Each year, at 2:00 am on the second Sunday of March, the clock is set forward one hour. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 am, the clock is turned back one hour.

Actual energy savings are very difficult to calculate, but the historical practice of adjusting your clock twice per year continues.