Time 'springs ahead' early Sunday morning

Do not forget Daylight Savings Time officially begins at 2 a.m. Sunday.

Starting in 2007, Daylight Savings Time was set to begin on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday in November. These new dates were established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Not all of the U.S. observes Daylight Savings Time. Hawaii and parts of Arizona do not go along with the change. Indiana adopted its use beginning in 2006, according the U.S. Naval Observatory web site.

The web site provides a brief history of Daylight Time. It was first established by federal law in 1918 as part of the Standard Time Act. The railroads had earlier, in 1883, instituted time zones in the U.S. and Canada, but it took a few decades to be law.

Daylight Time was such a contentious idea that it was repealed in 1919, though time zones stayed in effect. Daylight time became a local matter until World War II when it was reestablished. After the war it again varied by state and locality. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 provided for standardized dates for the beginning of daylight time, but allowed for local exemptions.

During the "energy crises" years, Congress passed laws to make the start of daylight time earlier in the year. After those two years, the beginning reverted to the last Sunday in April. In 1986, a law was passed to permanently shift the starting date to the first Sunday of April. The end has not seen so much fluctuation. It has remained the last Sunday in October until the most recent change.

For further information, check the web site, see https://www.almanac.com/content/when-daylight-saving-time.