Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00am. Do you know how DST started? A little history as you Spring Forward!
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DETROIT (FOX2) - As you get bombarded with reminders to set your clocks ahead before bed tonight, let’s take a minute to delve into the history of Daylight Saving Time (DST).
Although the United States first adopted DST in 1918, there are suggestions of "saving daylight" prior to that.
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According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, Benjamin Franklin first flirted with the idea of DST back in 1784 in his paper "An Economical Project". Franklin asked his fellow neighbors to rise earlier to save the expense of candlelight. "Oblige a man to rise at four in the morning, and it is probable that he will go willingly to bed at eight in the evening."