Consider This: ‘Spring forward’ with Daylight Saving Time

Time marches on, with a bit more skip this weekend. On Sunday, Daylight Saving Time will commence at 2 a.m., meaning we all will be setting our clocks forward one hour and only getting 23 hours to our day.

No matter where you stand on the issue, Daylight Saving Time does have a positive outcome for us Oregonians: an extra hour of light in the evening to spend outdoors.

The agency boasts people tend to spend more time outside during Daylight Saving Time, meaning they tend to run household appliances and lights less during the almost 8-month period.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended the period for Daylight Saving Time by four or five weeks annually, depending on the calendar. The U.S. Department of Transportation says yes because a study shows that it cuts electricity usage by 1 percent.

It’s that time of year again, when most Canadians move our clocks ahead one hour to mark the start of Daylight Saving Time.

While many have told Honeyford they want to see the twice-yearly clock-switching ritual go away, he said they would prefer to keep daylight hours shifted toward evenings.

That would be mean no more falling back in November, and also that you wouldn’t have to spring forward in March.

It’s been well-documented that the time changes in the fall and spring can feel like they’re taking a physical toll.

Interestingly, the United States formally adopted Daylight Saving Time in 1918, but it proved unpopular and was discontinued in 1919.

Smoke detector batteries need changing every six months and the switch to daylight-saving time is the flawless time to make the change.

Michigan State Senator Mike Shirkey (R-Clark Lake) has introduced a bill in Lansing to take Michigan off of Daylight Saving Time.

And while twins born at 11:55 p.m. and 12:05 a.m. would have different birthdays, Daylight Saving Time can change birth order.in theory. You don’t care what the clock is.

If the time change does anything good, it’s that it provides an easy and important reminder to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.