The official spelling is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight SavingS Time.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STARTS THIS SUNDAY

Don't Forget To Move Your Clocks Forward Daylight Saving Begins Sunday, March 13th at 2am * If you change your clocks and your smoke alarm batteries, you may save more than daylight...

Benjamin Franklin conceived the idea of Daylight Saving Time to make better use of daylight in 1784. 

Today, most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November.  In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.

In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1:00 a.m. Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It begins the last Sunday in March and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment.

   DST used

   DST no longer used

   DST never used

A safety reminder

Many fire departments encourage people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks because Daylight Saving Time provides a convenient reminder.  A working smoke detector more than doubles a person's chances of surviving a home fire.  More than 90 percent of homes in the United States have smoke detectors, but one-third are estimated to have dead or missing batteries.  You would be surprised how many warning chirps I hear everyday while visiting unoccupied as well as occupied homes here in Las Vegas  while conducting my real estate business.

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