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Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, March 13, when the time becomes 3 a.m. You will have to move the hands on your wind-up alarm clock ahead an hour, but the clock on your …
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Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, March 13, when the time becomes 3 a.m.
You will have to move the hands on your wind-up alarm clock ahead an hour, but the clock on your smartphone or laptop will automatically adjust, if it's set to do that.
The idea behind daylight time is to give us more useful daylight toward the end of the day, reducing energy use. But that is disputed: some researchers say DST results in using more energy for heating and cooling than we save with lighting.
Fire safety proponents use the semi-annual events to remind people to change the batteries in their home smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
The upstate AAA chapter warns that losing an hour of sleep and the change in daylight hours means motorists may potentially experience drowsy driving and added distractions on the road.
The return to standard time is set for Sunday, Nov. 6.
