Daylight Savings Time

Daylight Savings Time will be observed March 9, 2014 at 2:00 AM. We will need to set our clocks forward 1 hour. This means we will lose an hour of sleep.

Benjamin Franklin came up with the idea in 1784 saying that we could make better use of sunshine and save on using candles.

The United States started DST to conserve energy during World War 1. It has changed a lot over the years since because it is controversial.