The broad idea of daylight saving time (DST) is credited to Benjamin Franklin back in 1784.
The decision to implement the time change first came in World War I. It became a fixture in the U.S. in 1942. From 1945 to 1966,
In 1918
'An Act to preserve daylight and provide standard time for the United States' was enacted on March 19, 1918. [See law]It both established standard time zones and set summer DST to begin on March 31, 1918. Daylight Saving Time was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919.
Then;
For 16 months in the mid-1970s, America's clocks sprang forward and never fell back. ___
Year-round daylight saving time (DST), signed into law by President Richard Nixon in January 1974, sought to maximize evening sunlight and, in doing so, help mitigate an ongoing national gas crisis.
((((Its been on and off--
If passed the daylight saving best be firm to never have it again)))))
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