Spring Forward: Daylight Saving Begins

Spring Forward: Daylight Saving Begins

When to move your clocks forward in 2013â€"and why we do it.

Get ready to set those clocks ahead one hour. Daylight savings time begins at 2 a.m. this Sunday, March 10.

Benjamin Franklin has been credited with the idea of Daylight Saving Time, but Britain and Germany began using the concept in World War I to conserve energy, the Washington Post observes. The U.S. used Daylight Saving Time for a brief time during the

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