Vlad,

As I understand it, it started during the war (WWII, I think) because it afforded an extra hour of daylight by which workers could work. I guess it was continued because it is hard to stop something, once started.

Cheers,

Jim N

>The same thing happens in Europe (the daylight time, I mean). It's hard to me to imagine something more stupid than this hour change. I never understood the use of it, except the fact that everybody's tired at work for at least one month after the change in the Spring. :( Maybe somebody can give me a more reasonable explanation... ?
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>Vlad
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>> We have an anachronistic custom in most of the states of setting the clocks back or forward 1 hour twice a year. In spring we set clocks ahead to make a later daylight in the evening, that's what the 'D' in EDT is all about...