Almost everyone hates springing forward and falling back every year. Moving clocks ahead one hour in March only to return them to their previous settings in November wastes time -- literally.
No adjustments to clocks change the length of the day, which is determined by latitude (distance from the equator) and season of the year. Daylight saving time, which kicked in this year at 2 a.m. today, simply shifts an hour of sunshine from the beginning of the day to its end. "Saving" an hour of sunlight requires losing an hour of sleep in the spring, reclaimed in the fall when standard time -- observed for a mere four months -- resumes.
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