Did you remember? Were you even aware? Thought not.
From our sister newspaper, the Dailiy News:
Steffen Thorsen, who runs www.timeanddate.com, said his site receives 50 percent more traffic during daylight-saving time — and twice as many e-mails.
“Most people want to get further confirmation that the given changeover date is correct,” Thorsen said.
And part of the confusion is because not all countries — or states, for that matter — adhere to daylight-saving time.
Most of the western world kept its time change in April — but Thorsen said several countries in Latin America and the Middle East change their rules on very short notice.
“Typically in only days or weeks,” he said.
So at 2 a.m. on Sunday -- when the South Bay springs ahead an hour -- tell the groggy person closest to you who's about to lose another hour of sleep all about the storied history and changing future of daylight-saving time. Daylight-saving time has come up in court cases, been blamed for riots, thwarted terrorist plots and caused havoc on birth certificates. So get it right, would ya? And spring ahead on Sunday morning.
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