Daylight saving time is around the corner: when we change the clock in New York

It's time for more sunshine and warmer days, so we'll soon be switching to Daylight Saving Time. In 2024 it will come on March 10 at 2 am.

That is, on March 9, before going to bed, most people will have to set their clocks forward an hour.

Since most cable TVs, computers, mobile phones and smart watches are now automatically set to time, daylight savings time is not as much of a problem as it used to be. Only devices such as wall and mechanical clocks, bedside alarm clocks, as well as some kitchen appliances, car clocks, medical equipment and burglar alarm systems will have to manually change the time.

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To remember which way to change the time, people often use the phrase spring forward fall back (spring forward, fall back).

So on March 10 at 2 o'clock in the morning the hands of the clock will have to be moved forward, which is why we will lose one hour.

Safety advocates, among other things, advise users to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors twice a year, when daylight savings time begins and ends, to make sure they are in working order.

What does daylight saving time mean?

An easy way to understand this is that we get more hours of sunlight. Sunset on March 10 will be about an hour later than March 9. So instead of having more sunlight in the early morning hours, we'll get more of it in the evening. Then, when the majority is awake and comes home from work.

The general idea behind daylight saving time is to make greater use of natural daylight rather than artificial lighting.

The idea of ​​daylight saving time came from Benjamin Franklin. In 1784 he published a satirical essay entitled "The Economic Project". In it, he expressed the idea of ​​\uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbsaving money through the rational use of daylight hours.

Germany was the first country to introduce daylight saving time. In 1916, during World War I, she began saving daylight hours to conserve electricity. In the United States, daylight saving time was first introduced in 1918. It was then that Congress passed the Standard Time Act, which established time zones.

Daylight saving time is not observed in all 50 states. Hawaii and Arizona (excluding Navajo Territory) remain on the same time year-round.

We will return to standard time on November 3rd.