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Time to spring forward!

We say it’s time to permanently flip the switch one direction or the other.

That’s right, the clocks will spring forward one hour this Sunday, March 12, at 2 a.m. We may lose some sleep, but use the time – an hour less, it may be – to keep you and your family safe.

While still tremendously important, agricultural needs no longer need to determine when our school years start and end and why we change clocks to take advantage of daylight.

Daylight Saving Time will end November 5, when we’ll set our clocks back one hour.

Some state legislatures have introduced bills that would put their residents either permanently on Standard or Savings Time, but such bills tend to just languish and not actually pass.

Many people argue that the whole country should do away with the confusing practice, which often complicates time keeping and travel. We can thank the energy crisis of the 1970s for extending daylight-saving time and making it a popular choice with nearly every state. The California Energy Commission published a report, in which it states that the extension of daylight saving time in March 2007 had little or no effect on energy consumption in California. So basically, it’s pointless! This can help your body adjust to an altered sleep schedule more gradually and make waking up an hour early on Sunday less jarring.

A study from the University of Colorado found that the number of heart attacks jumps 24 percent on the Monday after a time change. DST ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5. Changing smoke alarm batteries twice a year, testing these alarms and reminding others to do the same are some of the simplest, most effective ways to reduce these tragic deaths and injuries. Also, the oft-repeated belief that Benjamin Franklin created the idea is not entirely true – his reference to waking up late was more satire than anything.