2023 Daylight
Saving Time "Spring Ahead, Fall Back"
In the US and Canada, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday
in March, when clocks are set ahead one hour. Daylight saving time ends on the first Sunday in November when clocks are set back one hour.
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2AM is the time to set clocks ahead one hour in the US and Canada.
Sunday, November
5, 2023 at 2AM is the time to set clocks back one hour in the US and Canada.
Today, more
than 70 nations around the world use DST to take advantage of
longer summer hours by setting clocks ahead in spring and back
in the fall.
The
observance of daylight saving time (more commonly known in various
parts of the U.S. as "daylight savings time")
remains controversial. Soon
after it was enacted, American farmers actually had daylight
saving time repealed in favor of "God's time" and,
although the movement was short-lived, in many rural areas the
sentiment remains.
Notable
exceptions to DST occurred during World War II, and later during
the 1970's Arab Oil Embargo, when daylight saving time was rolled
back to help conserve energy consumption.
New US
legislation took effect in 2007, allowing
Americans to enjoy more daylight beginning in March and ending
in November, adding extra days to the traditional April-October
daylight saving time span.
Today,
the observance serves a dual purpose in that it also marks the
time to change the batteries in household fire and smoke alarms
in many communities.
Bucking
tradition, the sun-drenched states of Arizona and Hawaii are
the only places in the continental U.S. that still do not observe
daylight saving time, but instead stay on "standard time"
year round.
More
about daylight saving time around the Web:'
Daylight
Saving Time - Wikipedia - The grand sweep of DST history, including modern day usage and terminology with related resources.