BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||
This Sunday, advance your clock by +1 hour if you live in an area that observes daylight savings time.
The practice was first established in 1918 as a wartime policy designed to give people more daylight, though it was repealed and became a local matter shortly after, according to the U.S. Navy Astronomical Applications Department. Daylight saving time was brought back nationwide in 1966 through the Uniform Time Act, and has stuck around despite opponents believing it does more harm than good to peoples’ health.
While most people agree, losing an hour over the weekend won't matter much - except if you have a difficult time sleeping. Having the sunshining at 10PM can be a shock. No longer will you be waking up and going home to darkness.
We advise changing your clocks on the day before, to be prepared. That includes any watches, and vehicle times that do not already auto-adjust.
It usually takes a few days before sleep patterns resume to normal. And it can be jarring - especially if you are working during the time change.
Working the midnight shift, your hours will advance by 1 hour, and you'll get paid for that hour. This perceptive time change balances out later in the year when we shift the clocks back 1 hour. So in effect, the difference is zero.
Don't forget to change these devices clocks:
* Clock radios, Grandfather or analog clocks, watches without auto-DST, home appliances such as ovens, microwaves, and fridges.
* Modern home computers using operating systems such as MacOSX, Windows 10, 11, all automatically adjust your time for you. Some even get their time from NST time servers automatically.
* Smartwatches and cellular phones have automatic time adjustments based off tower and/or bluetooth communications
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