Learn American Holidays - Daylight Saving Time begins

hi everyone I'm Alisha daylight saving time begins in the United States in the

second week of March it's not a holiday in the normal sense of the word but it

does mark the beginning of the time of year when the afternoons last longer and

when people enjoy more light later in the evening daylight saving time is

about saving power but there are other reasons for it as well

can you guess what some of them might be we'll show you the answer at the end of

this video daylight saving time dates back to the

days of World War one it was originally intended as a way to save energy the

logic behind it was that because people would have more daylight to work with

they would have to burn less fuel to light factories houses and so forth the

beginning of daylight saving time is usually a bit more traumatic for people

than the ending of daylight saving time in November because everybody's clocks

are one hour ahead most people end up losing one full hour of sleep at night

this means a lot of tardiness at work a lot of drowsy people on the roads and

other hazards daylight saving time was extended by the Energy Policy Act of

2005 this means that daylight saving time

always starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of

November of course this does not apply to the many states that do not

participate in daylight saving time at all

in northern latitudes the effects of daylight saving time are more pronounced

than they are in southern latitudes in the northernmost parts of the

continental United States summer Twilight can last until as late as ten

o'clock p.m. due to setting the clocks forward in March and now here's the

answer to the quiz do you know other reasons for daylight saving time another

reason that daylight saving time was extended to the first Sunday in November

is actually one of the biggest holidays in the u.s. Halloween some members of

Congress determined that extending daylight saving time past Halloween

would make it more fun for children to go out trick-or-treating due to the

extended daylight hours how has this lesson did you learn something

interesting do you observe daylight saving time in your country please leave

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