viplavreddy123 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Posted November 4, 2012 [color=#2C2D2E][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4] [color=#BCBCBC][size=1][background=transparent] [color=#7C7B7B][size=2][background=transparent] iStockphoto[/background][/size][/color][/background][/size][/color][/size][/font][/color][color=#2C2D2E][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=1] [size=2][background=transparent] [b] Filed Under[/b] [url="http://detroit.cbslocal.com/category/news/local/"]Local[/url], [url="http://detroit.cbslocal.com/category/news/"]News[/url], [url="http://detroit.cbslocal.com/category/syndication/radio-com-news/"]Radio.com - News[/url], [url="http://detroit.cbslocal.com/category/syndicated-local/"]Syndicated Local[/url],[url="http://detroit.cbslocal.com/category/syndication/"]Syndication[/url][/background][/size][size=2][background=transparent] [b] Related Tags[/b] [url="http://detroit.cbslocal.com/tag/daylight-saving-time/"]Daylight Saving Time[/url], [url="http://detroit.cbslocal.com/tag/fall-back/"]fall back[/url], [url="http://detroit.cbslocal.com/tag/time-change/"]time change[/url][/background][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#2C2D2E][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4] [size=4][background=transparent] [b]DETROIT (WWJ) -[/b] It’s the longest weekend of the year, as we turn our clocks back one hour for the end of Daylight Saving Time.[/background][/size][size=4][background=transparent] The change back to standard time takes place officially at 2 a.m. Sunday.[/background][/size][size=4][background=transparent] By “falling back,” we’ll see more daylight in the morning, but that also means it will get darker earlier.[/background][/size][size=4][background=transparent] Authorities say it’s a good idea to change the batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms when you set your clocks back.[/background][/size][size=4][background=transparent] What are you planning to do with that extra time?[/background][/size][size=4][background=transparent] – “I am going to have the best time of my life because I work weekends and I cannot wait to have that extra hour to sleep.”[/background][/size][size=4][background=transparent] – “I am going to sleep. It just gives me plenty of time to get up and prepare for church and just relax and enjoy myself.”[/background][/size][size=4][background=transparent] – “It will be extra sleep for me, just preserving my energy.”[/background][/size][size=4][background=transparent] – “I’m most likely going to go to sleep longer, because with school it’s just they give us so much work, so I think I’ll use that extra hour to take a nap.”[/background][/size][size=4][background=transparent] Daylight Saving Time was instituted in the United States during World War I in order to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight between April and October.[/background][/size][size=4][background=transparent] The passage of the Energy Policy Act in 2005 extended Daylight Saving Time by four weeks – from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November.[/background][/size] [/size][/font][/color]
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