Spring Forward

Did you remember to set your clocks forward one hour last night? If not, you're living in a time warp!

The Atomic Clock is the most accurate timepiece in the world. You can select your time zone (in the U.S.) to get the correct local time.

Daylight Savings Time is a pretty fascinating concept. You would think that if one place was going to do it, then everywhere should, but it's not the case. Right now, the state of Arizona doesn't observe Daylight Savings Time, and throughout history there have been various towns, regions, states that haven't observed it.

Chaos of Non-Uniform DST

Widespread confusion was created during the 1950s and 1960s when each U.S. locality could start and end Daylight Saving Time as it desired. One year, 23 different pairs of DST start and end dates were used in Iowa alone. For exactly five weeks each year, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia were not on the same time as Washington D.C., Cleveland, or Baltimore—but Chicago was. And, on one Ohio to West Virginia bus route, passengers had to change their watches seven times in 35 miles! The situation led to millions of dollars in costs to several industries, especially those involving transportation and communications. Extra railroad timetables alone cost the today’s equivalent of over $12 million per year.

From the Daylight Savings website