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Daylight Saving was created
Benjiman Franklin created daylight savings to economize the use of candles by making the time earlier in the morning to make a good use of morning sunlight. -
Germans were the first
Germany was the first country apply daylight saving to their timezone. Soon after, so did the British. -
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WW1
When WW1 came, the US used daylight saving to conserve fuel. After the war, the US repealed it until WW2. -
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WW2
When WW2 came, the US War Time pushed clocks ahead one hour. Britain pushed their clocks ahead two hours. After the war, the US decided to keep daylight saving hours. -
Daylight Adopted
The US adopted daylight savings, so each time zone gets moved back an hour. -
"Spring Foward" & "Fall Back"
Congress decided to "spring foward" an hour on the first Sunday in April, and fall back an hour the last Sunday in October. -
New Law
Congress passed a law to help with saving energy to extend daylight saving for about a month longer than normal. -
New Times
Since 2007, daylight saving starts the second Sunday of March and end the first Sunday of November -
Daylight Saving ends
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Daylight Saving begins
