| Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, April 4, 2004, | | | | significantly throughout the world. About 70 countries |
| at 2 a.m. This effectively moves an hour of daylight | | | | utilize Daylight Saving Time.There are some good |
| from the morning to the evening. The purpose is make | | | | reasons to save those daylight hours.The U.S. |
| better use of daylight hours.Benjamin Franklin first | | | | Department of Transportation performed a study |
| came up with the idea in 1784. Daylight Saving Time | | | | which revealed that one more hour of daylight saves |
| was made official in the United States in 1918 but it | | | | about 1% of the electrical usage throughout the |
| was repealed in 1919 after the World War I ended | | | | country because 25% of the usage is done when the |
| though a few states and some cities including Chicago | | | | sun goes down. That is when we turn on the lights and |
| kept it going as a local option. From February 2,1942, to | | | | fire up the TVs and computers. In addition, the study |
| September 30,1945, President Roosevelt brought it | | | | found that Americans just plain like the extra hour of |
| back year round and it was called �War | | | | daylight in the evening so they can lengthen their |
| Time�.From 1945 to 1966 localities were | | | | outdoor activities.Some people complain about daylight |
| permitted to use Daylight Saving Time if they desired, | | | | savings time. People with sleep disorders, for example, |
| and many did so. But this caused some difficulties with | | | | can be severely affected. Other people simply do not |
| the transportation and radio, and TV business which | | | | like to go through the trouble of changing the |
| had to publish varying schedules.On January 4, 1974, | | | | clocks.Love it or hate it, don't forget to push your clock |
| President Nixon signed into law the Daylight Saving | | | | ahead this weekend or you might find yourself late for |
| Time Energy Act of 1973. Clocks were set ahead for | | | | Church on Sunday morning.Greg Cryns is the founder |
| a 15 month period until April 27, 1975.In 1986 a Federal | | | | of McHenry Online, a website devoted to events in |
| law was amended to begin Daylight Saving Time on | | | | McHenry County, Illinois |
| the first Sunday in April at 2 a.m. and ending at 2 a.m. | | | | |
| on the last Sunday of October. It is NOT observed in | | | | He is also the owner of - Wahm Search Engine that |
| Hawaii, the Eastern Time Zone portion of the State of | | | | focuses on information for people who work from |
| Indiana, and by most of Arizona.. The rules vary | | | | home. |