On Sunday, March 9th, almost all Americans faced the first of the two annual hourly time disruptions as Daylight Savings Time moved into effect. 

The process of springing the clocks an hour ahead was first initiated in 1918 during World War I as a precautionary measure, but was renounced the next year after a group of farmers rejected the practice. However, the practice was then reintroduced after the Uniform Time Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, and it has been observed in almost all states in America ever since.

Daylight savings time always begins at 2 AM local time on the second Sunday in March, and ends at the same time on the first Sunday of November. We lose an hour of sleep in March so that more daylight occurs on summer evenings, as opposed to gaining an hour in November which creates shorter daylight on winter evenings. 

Only two US states do not observe Daylight Savings Time – Hawai’i, and Arizona (except land on the Navajo Nation). Due to the hot climate and abundant sunshine, the officials in both states decided that there wasn’t a proper reason to adjust daylight hours and interrupt people’s day to day lives. 

Ever since the election occurred this past November, President Trump has made it clear that he and the Republican Party plan on eliminating Daylight Savings Time, and many bills with the goal of doing away with the practice have been introduced in Congress, but at the time this article is being written, no official executive orders have been written regarding the topic.