>>>It is interesting to remember the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo and how it caused Nixon to solve the problem by extending Daylight Savings Time to be a year long event. You know the old story about politicians and solving problems! If politicians act then the problem is solved. Or is it?
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>>>Nixon Savings Time as we called it, began January 1974. It was created to help reduce the effects of the Arab Oil Embargo. . The politicians were happy – but not for long! Mothers throughout the United States were upset as children were going to school in the dark. Imagine it being dark at 8 AM in the morning.
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>>>The end result of Nixon Savings Time was that (as reported at that time) the nation as a whole used 5% more energy. You see, when most people (politicians excluded) get up in the dark they turn on the lights. That takes energy. So the new law was rejected and we went about our business as usual, even though some people were still in the dark!
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>>>That reminds me - some of us are going on Daylight Savings Time this weekend. :)
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>>Yeah - and it will take at least 2 weeks for traffic patterns to calm down and 6 weeks for people's internal clocks to adjust.
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>>Really, pick a time and stick to it.
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>And usually that's what I do -- though the time I wake up tends to be based on sunrise rather than time indicated on clock (usually around 1/2 hour before sunrise). As I'm lazy, I generally don't bother changing the time on the clocks standard-to-daylight and daylight-to-standard transitions -- I just leave it on daylight time year-round.

Generally, I'll change clocks except in the car. don't seem to have a problem 'adjusting' time in my head in the car, but everywhere else....not happening