Hate Daylight Saving Time? Blame the Kaiser

Sleep deprivation can delay reaction time, sometimes preventing a person from making good decisions, so the number of auto accidents also increases. “The spring is particularly tough because we are a sleep-deprived nation and losing an hour of sleep will compound an already hard situation for some”, she said.

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“Even though it’s just one hour you are now out of sync with your own circadian rhythm”.

So why the sudden clock controversy?

Fast-forward 100 years, and time change actually cost us in electricity, not to mention the annoyance of having to change all the clocks around the house and vehicles twice a year.

What can parents do to avoid a meltdown when putting their kids to bed on March 12 and waking them up on March 13?

Nobody looks cool when they are late. “That’s when you start”, says Terri Parke of Parkesdale Strawberry Farm. Pediatric sleep expert Jodi Mindell, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, has advice to help parents successfully transition their young children into Daylight Saving Time.

“I don’t like it”. I find once my patients start monitoring their sleep, they think less about falling asleep and over time their sleep improves.

Quartz writer and economist Allison Schrager spoke to CBSN about an article she wrote about why the us should retire daylight saving and have just two time zones, one hour apart. We estimate a cost to IN households of $9 million per year IN increased electricity bills.

Daylight Saving Time was originally introduced for economic reasons as more daylight meant more time to get more work done, without wasting too much energy.

“At our home, I don’t see any savings”. While most, if not all, Texans probably wouldn’t mind foregoing the bi-annual adjustment of every household clock, many prefer the extra sunlight that DST affords. In 2007, the federal government expanded Daylight Saving Time, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in order to reduce energy consumption.

But just seven months later, the seasonal time change was repealed, but some cities, including Pittsburgh, Boston, and NY, continued to use it until President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted year-round DST in the United States in 1942 called “War Time”. Adjust your schedule a bit to spend seven hours in bed during the 23-hour day.

“Don’t blame us. It’s not us”, says Terri Parke.

But everybody went back to standard time when the war ended. Right now, sunrise is around 6:20 a.m. and the sun sets about 5:50 p.m. Cast your vote now at wtsp.com/votenow and check the live results below.