There’s this one thing happening in America every year. Each year, everyone who owns a clock will turn them back an hour starting every November. Why does that happen and what is its purpose is no secret and no mystery. This is simple change in sun’s rise-set and daylight that gets a bit complicated for us each day so we bring up a solution every year. Here’s the whole story:
1. Changing Clock: One Hour Ahead
During the spring and summers, the sun’s rising is clocked at 5 in the morning when everyone is mostly asleep. As such, these shifts allow the clock shift to register that time into the evening when everyone is active.
2. Changing Clock: One Hour Back
Similarly, around autumn and winters, the clock turning an hour back allows the same evening daylight to be switched to mornings. This allows daily lives to sustain more daylight while in active hours.
3. The History of Clock Changes
In 1966, the Uniform Time Act was passed to allow for uniform local schedules and reduce mess. States could opt out of this and as a result to this option, Hawaii and Arizona are the two states that stay on standard time throughout the year.
4. A New Change in this Tradition
Another act is passed in the House called Sunshine Protection Act and this means that this turning back of time might stop. Throughout the year, the same clock will be used and there will be no further changes.
5. Here’s The Catch
However, unless the act has the president’s signature on it, this is yet to be taken effect. Since November is in just a few weeks, this year might not taste the effects of the act yet but might be the last year the clock switching takes place.
6. 19 States Are Waiting
Around 19 states have passed laws to effectively adopt the change this sunshine act brings. They are ready to be implemented at the moment’s notice that the president has signed the act.
7. What Do The Specialists Say?
Even though this act helps make daylight saving time permanent, there are multiple specialists in different medical professions that argue the change. They believe that standard time should be optimised if there is to be no changes in clocks.
8. How It Affects Us
Every American’s lifestyle will see the personal change in commuting, routine, businesses and technology at some parts as well. There are multiple cities and regions in northern part of america where the sun is like to rise around 8 in the morning as per daylight saving time. This means that kids going to school will be waiting in dark and daylight after work to relax.
9. So Should You Change the Clock This Time?
So yes, until the bill is passed, you need to change your clocks this year as well. While the digital categories of clocks can update themselves, wall clocks, wrist watches, car clocks and many as such would need human intervention.
