Explained: 12 facts about Daylight Saving Time
QMI Agency
First posted: Saturday, November 01, 2014 02:00 AM EDT
Daylight Saving Time ends on November 2nd at 2 a.m., meaning the clocks go back an hour, and we get an extra hour of sleep! Here are 12 fun facts about the history of Daylight Saving Time:
12. IN CANADA
Some regions in Que., most of Sask., Southampton Island and some areas in B.C. do not observe DST. In the U.S.: Ariz. and Hawaii don’t use DST.
11. IN THE U.K.
Uses British Summer Time (BST), which begins the last Sunday of March and ends the last Sunday of Oct.
10. PERMANENT DST
Staying on summer hours all year, with no time shifts, has been implemented in Argentina, Iceland, Russia, Uzbekistan and Belarus.
9. IN THE BEGINNING
The Daylight Saving Act of 1917 was enacted by the Dominion of Newfoundland to adopt daylight saving time (DST), thus making it one of the first jurisdictions in North America to do so. DST was not instituted in the United States until March 31, 1918.8.
8. MARCH TO NOVEMBER
Before 2006, our DST ran from the first Sunday in April until the last Sunday in Oct. It now runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November
7. HISTORY
In 1916, Germany and its allies were the first countries to use DST as a way to conserve coal during the First World War. Britain, parts of Europe, Canada and the U.S. eventually followed suit. In most cases, daylight time ended with the armistice.
Click through our interactive graphic below
6. HE REALLY SAID THAT
In March, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford tweeted 'Daylight Saving Time starts this evening, turn your clocks back and change the batteries in smoke alarms' which set twitter buzzing with jokes. He later sent out a new tweet, 'Daylight Saving Time starts this evening, turn your clocks forward and change smoke alarm batteries before going to bed tonight.'
5. IT’S LIKE THIS...
Winston Churchill once described Daylight Saving Time like this: “An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn… We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.”
4. MONEY MAKER
In 1984, Fortune magazine estimated that a seven-week extension of DST would yield an additional $30 million for 7-Eleven stores, and the National Golf Foundation estimated the extension would increase golf industry revenues $200 million to $300 million.
3. SAFETY REMINDER
Many fire departments encourage people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks because Daylight Saving Time provides a convenient reminder.
2. ANTARCTICA
In Antarctica, there is no daylight in the winter and months of 24-hour daylight in the summer. But many of the research stations there still observe Daylight Saving Time anyway, to synchronize with their supply stations in Chile or New Zealand.
1. ACCIDENTS
Recent research indicates that the number of pedestrian fatalities from cars rises at 6:00 p.m. during the weeks after clocks are set back in the fall. Walkers are three times as likely to be hit and killed by cars right after the switch than in the month before DST ends. This could be due to drivers going through an adjustment period when dusk arrives earlier.
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QMI Agency
First posted: Saturday, November 01, 2014 02:00 AM EDT
Daylight Saving Time ends on November 2nd at 2 a.m., meaning the clocks go back an hour, and we get an extra hour of sleep! Here are 12 fun facts about the history of Daylight Saving Time:
12. IN CANADA
Some regions in Que., most of Sask., Southampton Island and some areas in B.C. do not observe DST. In the U.S.: Ariz. and Hawaii don’t use DST.
11. IN THE U.K.
Uses British Summer Time (BST), which begins the last Sunday of March and ends the last Sunday of Oct.
10. PERMANENT DST
Staying on summer hours all year, with no time shifts, has been implemented in Argentina, Iceland, Russia, Uzbekistan and Belarus.
9. IN THE BEGINNING
The Daylight Saving Act of 1917 was enacted by the Dominion of Newfoundland to adopt daylight saving time (DST), thus making it one of the first jurisdictions in North America to do so. DST was not instituted in the United States until March 31, 1918.8.
8. MARCH TO NOVEMBER
Before 2006, our DST ran from the first Sunday in April until the last Sunday in Oct. It now runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November
7. HISTORY
In 1916, Germany and its allies were the first countries to use DST as a way to conserve coal during the First World War. Britain, parts of Europe, Canada and the U.S. eventually followed suit. In most cases, daylight time ended with the armistice.
Click through our interactive graphic below
6. HE REALLY SAID THAT
In March, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford tweeted 'Daylight Saving Time starts this evening, turn your clocks back and change the batteries in smoke alarms' which set twitter buzzing with jokes. He later sent out a new tweet, 'Daylight Saving Time starts this evening, turn your clocks forward and change smoke alarm batteries before going to bed tonight.'
5. IT’S LIKE THIS...
Winston Churchill once described Daylight Saving Time like this: “An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn… We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.”
4. MONEY MAKER
In 1984, Fortune magazine estimated that a seven-week extension of DST would yield an additional $30 million for 7-Eleven stores, and the National Golf Foundation estimated the extension would increase golf industry revenues $200 million to $300 million.
3. SAFETY REMINDER
Many fire departments encourage people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks because Daylight Saving Time provides a convenient reminder.
2. ANTARCTICA
In Antarctica, there is no daylight in the winter and months of 24-hour daylight in the summer. But many of the research stations there still observe Daylight Saving Time anyway, to synchronize with their supply stations in Chile or New Zealand.
1. ACCIDENTS
Recent research indicates that the number of pedestrian fatalities from cars rises at 6:00 p.m. during the weeks after clocks are set back in the fall. Walkers are three times as likely to be hit and killed by cars right after the switch than in the month before DST ends. This could be due to drivers going through an adjustment period when dusk arrives earlier.
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