Fall back

From Staff Reports

If you cherish a little extra sleep, this weekend will make you happy. If you hate change, well, you still have to adjust.
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday,  as clocks are set back one hour as we return to standard time.
While many people love the fact, they can get an extra hour of sleep this weekend, the bi-annual tinkering with time, has some people wondering why we do it.  The history is a bit convoluted. 
While even ancient civilizations toyed with time, the modern time-warping actually began in earnest during World War I. Germany and Austria became the first countries to adopt New Zealander George Hudson’s  1895 proposal of Daylight Saving Time on April 30, 1916. Parts of Canada had adopted the practice as early as 1908, but it was not widespread.
Other countries soon followed Germany and Austria, and in 1918, President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill making “fast time,” (as it was called then) a law, all to help the war effort.
From Feb 9, 1942, to Sept. 30, 1945, the United States and Canada observed year-round Daylight Saving Time. It was commonly called War Time and times zones were labeled War Time zones. After the surrender of the Japanese  in August of 1945, they became Peace Time zone.
From that point until 1966, there was no uniform rules for Daylight Saving Time in the United States, which caused a great deal of confusion. As a result, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act of 1966.
Congress extended Daylight Saving Time to a period of 10 months in 1974 and eight months in 1975, in an effort to save energy following the 1973 oil embargo.
Today, Daylight Saving Time is utilized in more than 70 countries around the world including the United States, where it is observed from the second Sunday in March until the first Sunday in November. 
Currently, Arizona, Hawaii, the eastern time zone portion of Indiana, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa do not observe Daylight Saving Time.
There have been many efforts to change all the monkeying with time over the years, including Texas. In 2015, Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Canton) introduced a bill to end Daylight Saving Time in Texas and keep Standard Time year-round. It was defeated 59-76.