Time For Your Annual Reminder To Spring Forward

And here we go again...  

It's time for your annual reminder to set every clock you own that isn't digital ahead 1 hour tonight starting at 2 a.m. as Daylight Saving Time (not savings!) begins once again. 

Most places in the United States observe DST with the exception of residents in Arizona and Hawaii who won't have their sleep schedule disrupted. The U.S. observes DST every year beginning on the second Sunday in March until the first Sunday in November, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. 

Lawmakers in Florida have moved to institute daylight saving year-round with a bill permanently setting clocks ahead one hour passing through the Florida's House and Senate without much opposition. 

The annual loss of sleep is good for one thing - fire officials say the annual clock reset is a good time to check smoke alarms and replace the batteries if necessary. 

DST was developed independently by New Zealand scientist George Hudson and British builder William Willet and was first used in Canada in 1908. The United States first adopted it after the Standard Time Act passed in 1918. 

The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established federal standards for Daylight Saving Time to "promote the adoption and observance of uniform time within the standard time zones." It has been expanded three times, including in 2005, to last for 34 weeks, or about 65 percent of the year.