On Sunday, March 8, it's time to "spring forward" and set your clocks forward an hour. It's a proud tradition that goes back all the way to 2007. Well, at least that's when we started adjusting our clocks on the second Sunday of March.

To find out why, we have to go back a few more years to 2005. That's when George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of (you guessed it...) 2005. The Act did a bunch of stuff; including offering tax breaks to nuclear research and "clean coal." It also updated the Uniform Time Act of 1966 and solidified the date to spring forward as the second Sunday of March and the date to fall back as the first Sunday in November.

The Uniform Time Act of 1966 had originally set the Daylight Savings Time "spring forward" date as the first Sunday of April and the "fall back" date as the last Sunday in October.

There was a Daylight Savings Time before 1966. The Standard Time Act first brought Daylight Savings Time to the U.S., but it was so controversial that it was repealed just one year later by an act that had to override a veto from President Woodrow Wilson. It appears both Republicans and Democrats don't like waking up early.

Despite the complicated legislative history, the arguments for Daylight Savings Time have evolved very little. Energy conservation, a safer walk for students headed to school, safer roadways, and a more efficient work day seem to make proponents list nearly every time. Of course, there's an equally long list of reasons to oppose DST, the best argument being that it is tough to wake up an hour earlier in spring.

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