(3.8) Spring forward — daylight saving time begins at 2am, Sunday, March 8. Seen here is an old clock face at the Ladd Observatory. You can still watch individual seconds pass by at the no-frills U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock. The worm is turning: The Ladd Observatory is open to the public on Tuesday evenings, …
“Time makes us all a prisoner of the present, forever transitioning from our own past into an unknown future.” That not-at-all comforting sentiment comes to us from astrophysicist — and towering voice of reason in these irrational times — Neil deGrasse Tyson. Many of us feel like “prisoners of the present” these days. But life …
(11.5) The Daylight Saving debate rages on. Our New England neighbors have all been weighing the benefits of moving into the Atlantic Time Zone (effectively, daylight saving year-round). State Rep. Blake Filippi (R-Block Island) has been spearheading the movement here in Rhode Island. In Massachusetts, a legislative panel spent months examining the pros and cons …
Daylight Saving Time — Who started it? Who needs it? One Rhode Island legislator thinks it’s time to abandon the system. According to this WPRI report, State Rep. Blake Filippi has submitted a piece of legislation that would have Rhode Island join the Atlantic Time Zone if and when Massachusetts does the same. Filippi, R-Block …
(3.13) Don’t forget to reset your clocks forward one hour tonight. Daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 13, at 2am. In related news, Rhode Island state rep Blake Filippi wants to put an end to all this switching back and forth and commit to Atlantic Standard Time (thereby bringing us into sync with Puerto Rico …
Daylight saving time ends tonight, the first Sunday in November, at 2am. Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour. It’s the law! (The enforcement arm of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is a joke — no tanks, no drones.) So who follows DST? Most of the United States follows daylight saving …
Daylight saving time ends Sunday at 2am. Fun fact: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted year-round DST in the United States, called “War Time” during World War II from February 9, 1942 to September 30, 1945. The change was implemented 40 days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and during this time, the U.S. time …
(3.9) Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts at 2am, Sunday, March 9 and ends on November 2nd. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), DST was formally introduced in the United States in 1918. Today, most of the country and its territories observe DST. However, DST is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, …
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2am — set your clocks ahead one hour. Learn more about the DST Rules at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Physical Measurement Laboratory. For instance; Today, most of the country and its territories observe DST. However, DST is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, …
The good news: one extra hour of sleep. The bad news: the sun will set at 4:36pm on Sunday. For the exact time check out the government clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (accurate to within 0.1 seconds). What to do with that extra hour? We suggest you pour yourself a stiff …
Daylight saving time ends at 2am, Sunday, November 6th — set your clocks back one hour if you must, but it’s all totally bogus. Learn why in ‘The Illusion of Time’ the second installment of the new NOVA series The Fabric of the Cosmos this Wednesday, November 9th. Time. We waste it, save it, kill …
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What time is it? Go to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the exact time. For more information regarding the history of time. . . the history of clocks. . . what’s inside your wristwatch. . . go to ‘Time Exhibits’. First conceived by Benjamin Franklin, there are now precise rules for Daylight …
For more information about time, go to www.time.gov where you can find the answers to such questions as “Are noon and midnight referred to as 12am or 12pm?” and “Is midnight the beginning of the day or the end of the day?”
‘Daylight Saving Time’ ends at 2am. Set clocks back one hour. According to National Geographic News the point of DST was to make more hours of light during the evening. The drive behind the switch was “to adjust daylight hours to when most people are awake and about,” Mosley said. Daylight saving time decreases the …
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