Have You Smiled Today? #25

I feel like this cat; frozen in time, frozen in winter time. Speaking of time...don't forget that Sunday, March 11, 2018 is Daylight Saving Time. You will need to set your clocks one hour ahead...spring forward. Except for Arizona and Hawaii because they don't participate. There are approximately 70 countries around the world that do participate in DST, and they may have different dates to begin their DST.

Many people think that Ben Franklin began DST, but he only proposed the idea because he thought it would save on candle usage. Britain was the first to practice DST in May 1916 to save fuel during World War I. Here in America, many people think it was the farmers who wanted DST, so they would have more time to work in their fields, but they lobbied against it when it was implemented on March 31, 1918. Cows were not ready to be milked earlier and the farmers had to wait an extra hour for the dew to evaporate to be able to harvest. In 1919, the farmers won and DST was repealed.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act in 1966 and it was put into law permanently nationwide. However, it is said that energy is not saved because people run their air conditioners longer with extra sunlight.

Information Source: history.com, bigthink.com, fromthegrapevine.com

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