Daylight Savings Time History
Most of us know the basics around Daylight Saving Time (DST), and the fact that it started in the WWI era as a method to save energy since more natural light would be available for evening work and after work activities in the summer months. On this 106 th year of DST implementation in the USA, we will take the opportunity to review a few facts and figures related to DST: Benjamin Franklin in the mid to late 1700’s was one of the first people to come up with the idea to reset clocks in the summer months to conserve energy. However, many others are also noted with thinking of the concept as well Germany was the first country in the world to implement DST. It was during the early parts of WWI (May 1916), and many European countries soon followed The official date of US Congress’ implementation of DST occurred on March 9, 1918 Today, only 40% of the world’s countries observe DST. For countries closer to the equator, daily sun...