Daylight Savings Time, discussed

Daylight Savings Time, discussed

Benjamin Franklin was the inventor of many things that we still use and enjoy to this day: bifocals, the lightening rod, the odometer and America.

Some researchers say the Monday after daylight saving time starts is one of the most dangerous days of the year.

“Ladies' man” Harry Stamps, 81, of Long Beach, Miss., hated daylight saving time so much that he died the day before “spring forward.” Stamps, who called the biannual event “The Devil's Time,” died March 9. According to his obituary in the Sun Herald

Daylight savings good for clock repair business. While many of us dread the start of daylight saving time, a Weaverville clock repair business says the time change keeps them busy. Clock Wise claims owners of vintage clocks often experience problems

In the U.S., daylight saving time was first used during World War I to conserve resources. It was reinstated again during World War II until Sept. 1945. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 created a standardized system to observe daylight saving time.