This concept of moving the clock ahead one hour in the spring and back in the fall has long perplexed me. If we followed our natural tendency to get up with the sun and then go to bed as it sets the entire rigmarole could be avoided. However, this simple approach to implementing daylight saving time (DST) doesn't hold up in today's work world. That plus the lights we now use with the flip of a switch, make this time-shift necessary. But I wanted to read a bit more about it before letting it go.
Apparently the concept of DST like most things started a long time ago and more recently started almost simultaneously in Germany and New Zealand in the late 19th century. It was dreamt up to save candles and lantern oils. During WWI much of Europe and North America instituted DST to conserve coal for the war effort. However, after that war, the U.S. left DST behind until WWII and then it was on again, off again until 1966 when the Uniform Time Act was enacted. Canada on the other hand, with the Daylight Saving Act of 1917 in the Dominion of Newfoundland, started DST during WWI and stayed with it more steadfastly than the U.S.
This is just a long winded way to say, move your clocks ahead one hour tonight. And you won't get that hour back until much later in the year.
BTW I have been knitting on a new baby blanket called Dot Pattern from Cascade Yarns: 60 More Quick Baby Knits. The main colour is Sirdar Denim Sport in green with pops of yellow and a variegated baby yellow, green, blue and white (which is hard to see in my photo). I'd say it is about one-half done and because I can now knit with both hands the colour changes are easy because the two-handed approach keeps the yarn from twisting. This means no time is spent untwisting the yarn. So here's the improved baby blanket as it stands tonight.
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Apparently the concept of DST like most things started a long time ago and more recently started almost simultaneously in Germany and New Zealand in the late 19th century. It was dreamt up to save candles and lantern oils. During WWI much of Europe and North America instituted DST to conserve coal for the war effort. However, after that war, the U.S. left DST behind until WWII and then it was on again, off again until 1966 when the Uniform Time Act was enacted. Canada on the other hand, with the Daylight Saving Act of 1917 in the Dominion of Newfoundland, started DST during WWI and stayed with it more steadfastly than the U.S.
This is just a long winded way to say, move your clocks ahead one hour tonight. And you won't get that hour back until much later in the year.
BTW I have been knitting on a new baby blanket called Dot Pattern from Cascade Yarns: 60 More Quick Baby Knits. The main colour is Sirdar Denim Sport in green with pops of yellow and a variegated baby yellow, green, blue and white (which is hard to see in my photo). I'd say it is about one-half done and because I can now knit with both hands the colour changes are easy because the two-handed approach keeps the yarn from twisting. This means no time is spent untwisting the yarn. So here's the improved baby blanket as it stands tonight.
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