Daylight Savings Time: 7 Surprising Things You May Not Know
Our annual clock fiddling leads to fewer robberies and more unhappy farmers, for starters.
For most of the United States, this weekend sees the return of clock confusion—and heated debate.
Many Americans will spring forward an hour to mark the beginning of daylight savings time (DST)—also known as daylight saving time—at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8. Time will fall back to standard time again on Sunday, November 1, when DST ends.
The annual adventure in altered timekeeping has produced some entertaining and exasperating situations over the past century. (Related: "Time to Move On? The Case Against Daylight Saving Time.")
Here are some strange-but-true facts you might not know about daylight savings time.
Each U.S. state and territory is free to ignore daylight savings time, so residents of Arizona (except those on the Navajo Nation), Hawaii,
