Daylight Savings 2010: When is it?

by Michael Small | March 1, 2010 at 09:01 am

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Daylight savings 2010 takes place on March 14th 2010 in Canada and the United States. Every spring, people are required to move their clocks one hour forward, 'losing' an hour in their day but gaining plenty of daylight.

Many people use the phrase, "Spring forward, Fall back" helps people remember if they're supposed to move their clocks forward or back, depending on the season.

In the spring, daylight savings gives people more light in their day.

Daylight Saving Time was instituted in the United States during World War I in order to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight between April and October. During World War II the federal government again required the states to observe the time change. Between the wars and after World War II, states and communities chose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act which standardized the length of Daylight Saving Time.

The clocks will fall back this year on Nov. 7th at 2 a.m.