Sunday is the semi-annual changing of the clocks when most of the country will "fall back" to standard time after nearly ...

Americans really don't like changing their clocks twice a year. But should daylight saving time become permanent? Many states ...

The practice, established by the Standard Time Act in 1918, according to the U.S. Astronomical Applications Department, is an effort to extend the daylight hours we have in the summertime by pushing ...

Since passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, daylight saving time in the United States has begun annually on the second Sunday in March and ended on the first Sunday in November. When daylight ...

The first daylight saving time took place in the early 1900s, with the passing of the Standard Time Act being used to save fuel costs during World War I by adding an extra hour of sunlight to the day, ...

March 15, 1918, The Standard Time Act was passed by Congress, creating daylight saving time in the United States. President Woodrow Wilson signed the act into law on March 19, 1918, and it went ...

when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Standard Time Act into law. The end of daylight saving time means there will be more light in the morning and it will get dark earlier in the evening.

The U.S. followed suit in 1918 with the Standard Time Act, establishing the primary times zones currently in effect and moving the clock forward by one hour for the duration of the war.

Daylight saving time is coming. As you prepare for a time change or to 'fall back', learn more about the origins of this annual ritual.