Spring forward into Daylight Savings Time Sunday

This Sunday, March 12 is when clocks nationwide “spring forward” into Daylight Saving Time.

Daylight Saving Time actually began in Canada in 1908.

Daylight saving time (DST) is created to provide an extra hour of evening sunlight, and will stay in effect for eight months until November 5, when daylight saving time ends for the year. Most Android phones should do the same.

We move our clocks ahead at 1 a.m. Sunday, but Dr. Vikas Jain suggests you should start going to bed 15 minutes earlier now. And when temperatures climb above 100, we’ll wish there was daylight-spending time, urging the world to spin faster and return to the more comfortable dark side of Earth.

Sleep-related collisions are most common in young people, who tend to stay up late, sleep too little, and drive at night, according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF).

Check the batteries every six months, and if applicable, change them as well: If a battery is starting to lose its power, the unit will usually chirp to warn you.

Other studies also found that while children get more exercise during daylight saving time, it can have negative health effects, as well.

Legislators in some states have tried unsuccessfully to pass laws abandoning daylight saving time, but Arizona and Hawaii are the only states that do not reset their clocks twice a year.

The time change takes place across the USA except in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Arizona (but not the Navajo Indian Reservation, which does observe Daylight Saving Time).

This caused widespread time discrepancies, so the Uniform Time Act of 1966 established a start and end date, but states still had the choice whether to observe it.

“Losing an hour of sleep could have an impact on your alertness and reaction time when you are driving”, said Sam Corea, a spokesperson for ICBC. Currently, there are four counties in the Upper Peninsula that use Central time. Most adults need seven to nine hours. Daylight Saving Time now accounts for about 65% of the year.