Beat the crowd, mark your calendars...March 13th
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
March 5, 2016 10:13am CST
Next Sunday, March 13th, at some ungodly hour like 2:00 am, Daylight Savings Time begins! Yeah....finally we will have daylight later in the evening. I can hardly wait.
I know - many people don't like DST and couldn't care less. Us warm weather lovers can't wait to be outside in the evening with the sun still shinning and warming the air. Instead of being cooped up inside all evening, we can be outside enjoying Mother Nature and all she has to offer.
So I will push my clocks forward one hour next Saturday evening and look forward to daylight well into the 8 pm hour the next day!
Photo: pixabay.com/en/clock-analog-time-watch-147257/
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Mar 16
Its getting dark here around 6 pm, so yes next weekend it`ll be 7 pm and within a month 8pm and later, I LOVE IT!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 16
It's still fairly light here at 7 now. We're only a few miles from the central time zone.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
5 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill You cannot create more daylight hours because the length of day will be the same with or without changing the clocks. The immediate extension of one hour in the evening will also result in daylight beginning one hour later in the morning.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
5 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill Those figures actually prove my point. The days gradually become longer as we go further into summer, which means every day the Sun rises a few minutes earlier and sets a few minutes later.
The two dates that you mention are 6 weeks apart, yet the Sun is rising 1 minute later. If you did not alter the clock it would rise one hour earlier.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 16
@Asylum
Information from a chart - for my town -
today March 5th - sun rise 7:01 am - sun sets at 6:38 pm
April 17 - the sun will rise at 7:02 am and set at 8:14 pm
Mid June sun rises 6:38 and sets almost 9 pm
Sounds like more daylight hours to me.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
6 Mar 16
I like it when the clocks go back, and forward.... although the benefits are less noticable in spain ... as it stays quite light in the afternoon during winter anyway.... it was much more noticeable in England...., where it gets dark quite early in the height of winter....
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
6 Mar 16
I can't wait because it means my husband will go sit outside and watch the deer and I have peace and quiet inside!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 16
@pgntwo It's not that big of a deal.
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
5 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill I do. I think it is a heinous state of affairs - they "borrow" the hour, and you get no interest on the loan in October...
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 16
To me it means summer is coming!
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@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
7 Mar 16
Thanks for telling this, though it doesn't really matter to me, it helps me to remember to "re-calculate" the time difference between my country and US or other countries.
When I heard about daylight saving, it always reminds me of an incident happened to my friend. We do not have daylight saving change here, so when we studied in Australia, we experienced that for the first time. It just happened it was in the school holiday, and we went to Sydney. We read the notice from the hotel. My friend and her boyfriend didn't read the notice, and they were rushing to take a flight to another city. Because they didn't know the time changed on the day, so they missed the flight. Well, it's just a lesson to me that we really need to learn more about the country or culture when we go there. 
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
7 Mar 16
That's right, it might not be happening where you live but travelers need to pay attention.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 16
You are welcome, I thought it was the next Sunday but that's Easter!
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
5 Mar 16
I am so glad it will get darker much later. I HATE changing the clocks every year, wish they would stop this already.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 16
Heck, don't most clocks change themselves LOL!
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Mar 16
We just set the clocks when we go to bed. Then all is well the next day. I don't mind it after doing it for so many years.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 16
I leave one clock the right time and change all the rest Sat. evening. I don't mind it either, it's part of life.
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
5 Mar 16
Thanks for reminding me. It is exciting to think Spring is right around the corner with warmer weather!
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 16
Yes, it sure is. And Easter just two weeks away.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 16
@Jessicalynnt What's an hour in the scope of life.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
5 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill lol lack of sleep of course. I already get up at 445am, I dont need to be getting up at 345
@Deepizzaguy (122076)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
5 Mar 16
Thank you for sharing this information. I always could use an extra hour of daylight even though I will lose one hour of sleep.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
6 Mar 16
I hardly sleep so giving up an hour is no big deal for me LOL
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
5 Mar 16
Last year I thought it was a week earlier than this.
