Falling Back to Sleep

An exciting annual event will be taking place this weekend that will bring excitement into the humdrum lives of many people. What is this wonderful thing that is going to happen? The end of Daylight Savings Time and the beginning of the last week of October. Don't forget to reset your clocks this weekend as we gain an extra hour of daylight on Sunday morning. That means that all of the sleep deprived people out there will receive the benefit of a whole hour extra of sleep. That is unless it is wasted by staying up an hour later than normal on Saturday night...

This is the final time that the clocks will be set back in October. Beginning next year, Daylight Savings Time will begin the second Sunday in March, instead of the normal April, and will run longer than normal as it continues all the way to the first Sunday in November. Why, it may be asked, is this dramatic change going to occur? Why the attempt to confuse the traditions of time? It was decided by in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 passed by the United States Congress and then signed into law that an experiment would be conducted beginning in 2007 in which Daylight Savings Time would be extended in an effort to decrease energy consumption. If the experiment turns out to be failure and the American population continues to use up energy at its current rate, the Congress has the ability to reset the times back to their original schedule as implemented back in 1986.

Until March, enjoy the extra hour!