the first serious proposal about Daylight Saving Time came in 1907 from builder William Willet… who also happens to be the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin! 5.

The purpose of Daylight Saving Time (or British Summer Time to the Brits) is to make better use of our daylight hours. During the northern hemisphere summer, when the sun shows its face for longer ...

Below are things to know about the Sunshine Protection Act, reasons why we still fall back, spring forward and other facts ...

along with a brief history lesson on daylight saving time. Get Reader’s Digest’s Read Up newsletter for more knowledge and insights, humor, cleaning, travel, tech and fun facts all week long.

(WTVO) — Clocks will “fall back” an hour this weekend as Daylight Saving Time ends, and physicians ... A UW Health expert ...

to make daylight saving time permanent. "The reason why daylight saving makes sense is because you really can’t do outdoor activities, especially for kids and children in the community ...

Get Reader’s Digest’s Read Up newsletter for more fun facts, travel, humor, cleaning and tech all week long. As of this writing, daylight saving time is not ending across the United States.

Keeping daylight saving time year-round through the winter would mean prolonged morning darkness, as late as 8:15 to 8:30 from early December to early February here in western New England. Many school ...

A move to only use daylight saving time in 1974 failed after parents were worried about kids going to school before dawn, risking more vehicle accidents.