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Spring Ahead Weekend is HERE!
Posted On Mar 11 2017
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Rise in heart attacks: There is a 25 percent jump in heart attacks on the Monday after we spring forward, according to a study presented to the American College of Cardiology.
To celebrate, clocks should spring ahead one hour on Saturday night-or at 2 a.m. Sunday, to be exact. The act said Daylight Saving Time would begin on the last Sunday of April and end on the last Sunday of October, although states still could opt out. Also under the new laws, the entire state of IN now observes daylight-saving time.
National Geographic documents some some interesting facts about Daylight Saving Time in an article titled Daylight Saving Time: When Does It Begin?
The bad news for those who like light: a few weeks after standard time returns in the fall, sunset will be at 4:57 p.m. from December 3 through December 13. Today only a minority of the world’s population actually observes daylight savings, due to most of Asia and Africa not observing the time change.
Daylight Saving Time in the USA moves an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening during the warmer weather months.
If you’re confused about the correct time, check out the website of the U.S.
An October 2008 study conducted by the University of California at Santa Barbara for the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the 2006 DST adoption in IN actually increased energy consumption in IN by an average of 1 percent.
If you still have trouble falling asleep, try taking a melatonin pill two hours before you want to go to sleep, said Rudraraju, who noted the pills are available without a prescription. Push those clock hands ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday. So the time of its sunrises and sunsets doesn’t change too much.
Meanwhile the North Bay Fire & Emergency Services reminds you that this weekend when you “Change your Clocks – Change your Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Batteries”. If you use Apple’s iPhone, an app appropriately called “Daylight Saving Time” can tell you the exact time to switch your clocks no matter your time zone.
