

But the House is holding up a bill to make Daylight Saving time permanent amid health concerns. on the last Sunday in April and turn back one hour at 2 a.m. If the Senate gets its way, this weekend will be the last time we turn our clocks back an hour. When did daylight saving time begin?īenjamin Franklin is often credited with first proposing daylight saving in his 1784 essay "An Economical Project." The idea wasn't seriously considered, however, until more than a century later, when William Willetts, a British builder, fiercely advocated for it.ĭaylight saving time was first enacted by the federal government during World War I as a way to conserve coal. It stated that clocks would advance one hour at 2 a.m. But the law was controversial, and it made the governor at the time, Mitch Daniels, unpopular. Farmers were extremely opposed to having to turn their clocks forward and back twice a year. However, there is a common myth that DST was established to extend the daylight hours for farmers. Because the state had two time zones, some of its counties changed their clocks in the fall and in the spring and some didn't. Because time zones were difficult to keep track of, a bill was passed in 2005 to unify the practice throughout the state. Historically, the changing of clocks was established by law in 1918 as a fuel saving measure during World War I. In March 2023, when we spring forward, the. Hawaii and most of Arizona opt out. Indiana did not observe DST until 2006. on Sunday and is scheduled to end in early November as usual unless Congress decides. If the bill is signed into law, this would mean that this November will be the last time clocks will fall back. Everyone outside of Arizona and Hawaii two states where seasonal time shifts don't occur, and haven't since the 1960s will turn their clocks back by one hour at 2 a.m. Not every state follows daylight saving time, however.
