2:00 AM this Sunday morning marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. Either Saturday night before you go to bed, or Sunday morning when you get up; remember to set your clocks ahead one hour (or be really late everywhere you go Sunday).
But will this be the last weekend that we ll ever need to spring forward or fall back? If a bill currently in the U.S. Senate passes, the answer is
yes.
Republicans and Democrats haven t agreed on much lately, but the Senate bill proposing that the United States stay permanently on Daylight Savings Time has bipartisan support.
The Details on DST
DST delivers the most benefits when the days are long, as they are during summer. If you recall from your high school Earth science class, seasons are reversed in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. When it s summer in North America, it s winter in South America and vice versa. That means DST rules must also be reversed. In the Northern Hemisphere, DST starts in the spring typically between March and April and concludes in the fall between September and November. In the Southern Hemisphere, DST begins between September and November and ends between March and April.
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