The Uniform Time Act of 1966establisheda uniform set of rules for states opting to observedaylightsaving time. [1] In the US,daylightsaving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. local time.
A brief history ofdaylightsaving time, including some interesting facts and common misconceptions about DST.
It further declared that the end ofdaylightsaving would occur on the last Sunday of the month "six months after the termination of the present war," or earlier should Congress decide; and incorporated the time zonesestablishedby the 1918 Act. DST began at 2am on Monday, February 9, 1942 and ended at 2 am Sunday, September 30, 1945.
Such details provide a deeper understanding and appreciation for Daylight Equivalents Established.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That beginning at 2 o'clock antemeridian of the twentieth day after the date of enactment of this Act, the standard time of each zoneestablishedpursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to savedaylightand to provide standard time for the United States", approved March 19, 1918, as ...
Daylightsaving time was initially known as "war time," according to the U.S. Department of Defense, because of its cost-saving purpose during the war.
