Blame the Germans. They invented Daylight Savings Time. Something to do with saving fuel and power. An idea the US adopted then abolished at the end of World War I.
States had the option of adopting them if they wanted until 1966 when the Department of Transportation was founded and given regulatory power over time zones in the name of safety. One of the first things they did was nationalized Daylight Savings Time and we’ve been suffering with it ever since and likely will continue to, at least in the Northeast.
It is impractical for a state like New Hampshire to drop the change while its neighbors do not. A lot happens on the clock and there would likely be commercial or transportation issues. That was, after all, what got us into the Time Zone business in the first place. The Railroads created them in 1883 because trains running at different times ran into each other.
Given how hot the pro-government crowd is to herd us back up on trains, with our digital ids and social credit scores, DST isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
It’s this Sunday, March 13th, if you weren’t sure. Spring Ahead!
All of the riveting historical details come courtesy of this link.
