Daylight Savings Time for 2012

Daylight Saving Time

ended Sunday November 6, 2011 (set clocks back 1 hour). It begins Sunday March 11, 2012 (set clocks forward 1 hour).

 

In 2012 , Daylight Saving Time begins March 11 - set your clock(s) forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March. It ends on November 4, and the clocks will need to go back an hour.

 

By advancing the clock one hour, the sun appears to set later in the evening. Of course, it also rises one hour later in the morning. The daylight "saved" in the morning is used in the evening. Supposedly, this saves energy, because people will not have to light candles, turn on electricity, or use other forms of illumination at night, or at least not as soon in the evening as otherwise. If this was ever true, it is insignificant today, because of the round the-clock use of air conditioning and other forms of energy.

The practice of daylight saving began quite a long time ago..the clock was advanced or delayed by an hour to ensure that people who worked stayed at work did not come home when there was light that way unnecessary use of electricity at homes could be minimized.




That practice does not make sense anymore because most offices work 24/7 and energy saving by working at particular times does not work. However, this will hold good only if the above reason is valid.
Today, we have DST to save money on energy because there is more daylight at the end of the day when people are at home.