2021 Daylight Savings Time
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
Nashville, Tennessee
March 12, 2021 3:25pm CST
Daylight saving time begins again on Sunday, March 14, when most Americans will move their clocks forward by an hour.
On Nov. 7, 2021, daylight saving time will end again and we'll set our clocks back by an hour in those regions that observe DST.
These fall and spring clock changes continue a long tradition started by Benjamin Franklin to conserve energy.
In the summer months, the sun is out for longer periods of time, so we have longer days to enjoy.
Some states have changed the rules and are not observing the time change. We will spring forward here, as they say.
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@LeaPea2417 (40026)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Mar 21
I wish we followed one time all year round.
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@yukimori (10193)
• United States
12 Mar 21
I don't envy everyone who has to spring forward. Never have been able to wrap my head around the concept. We just don't do it here in Arizona (except for the Navajo Nation, which makes sense because their territory extends into other states that do observe it).
I really only pay attention to when it is these days because it affects when I can trade stocks. 
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Mar 21
@CarolDM I prefer light later in the evening!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Mar 21
There is a bill in Congress (AGAIN!) to have DST all year round--I am for that!
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Have a nice Saturday.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
As far as I am aware, we will do the same.
It is havoc on the body to get used to the time change.
We gain an hour of sleep, correct?
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum We move the clocks ahead, so we lose an hour.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
@myklj999 I always get it backwards.
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@Juliaacv (56223)
• Canada
13 Mar 21
We will spring forward this weekend also.
And twice a year, now and in the fall, there will be the usual groans and complaints that the time changes are no longer necessary, but they are happening, so people need to get over it and just change their clocks.
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Mar 21
I just don't understand why Congress doesn't abolish DST. It serves no purpose anymore. They really need to vote that thing out of existence.
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Mar 21
@CarolDM But we still need Congress to abolish it altogether.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
12 Mar 21
Yes, Michigan still observes this Daylight savings time, I'd rather they'd leave our time alone.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
13 Mar 21
I remember back in the days before connected clocks when spring forward and fall back were hard. Remember which clock was correct!!!! now, just let your cell phone connect, and boom you know the correct time.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
13 Mar 21
@CarolDM times are different. I do still have three clocks that don't autocorrect. but 3 isn't the 12 we used to have.
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@hora_fugit (5859)
• India
13 Mar 21
I just like to "replay" the time change again and again. Apart from that, it's not very interesting. 
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
13 Mar 21
I remember doing it when I stayed in US. It sounded very interesting to me in the beginning. But on deeper thoughts, I guess it is not much of help. Maybe it can be seen just as a tradition with no real benefits.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
14 Mar 21
@CarolDM Yes, you have. I found it fun.
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