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Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00am. Do you know how DST started? A little history as you Spring Forward! article 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. (courtesy: NOAA) 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.

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