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Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

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U.S. moves to extend daylight time

The U.S. Congress on Tuesday adopted the provision, which is part of a sweeping new energy plan. It would mean people would turn their clocks forward one hour on the first weekend of March and "fall back" on the final weekend in November.

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[Posted at 9:13 AM by james]

# July 20th, 2005 9:16 AM kris

Well that sucks for two big reasons:

1. It will be light out later for Halloween, so that's bad for the kiddies.

2. There's no way in hell I'm going to be able to get out of bed in the morning in November.

# July 20th, 2005 9:42 AM james

# July 20th, 2005 9:56 AM jagorham

Actually, the candy lobby has been pushing to have DST extended past Halloween for ages. They figured more parents of small kids would let them out if it was still a little light (and somewhat safer), and candy sales would be higher.

We went thru this back in the early 70s during the first oil crisis, having year-round DST (and 55 MPH speed limits). Problem was, it's hard to "save" what you don't have, and 10 hours of daylight for most of us in the continental US just doesn't spread very well. Downside - the kids go to school in the morning in the dark (gee, THAT'S safe), drive to work with headlights on (gee, THAT saves energy), etc.