Turn Back Your Clocks This Motzoei Shabbos

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73499108JR001_Businesses_PrDon’t forget to “fall back” and check smoke detectors this weekend. This Motzoei Shabbos – or, more accurately, Sunday morning –  at 2 a.m., time will revert back to standard, giving everyone an extra hour to sleep in.

Since 2007, the time change has reverted to standard time on the first Sunday of November and changed to Daylight Savings Time on the second Sunday of March.

Hence the phrase, “Fall back, spring ahead” to help people remember which way to turn their clocks during what season.

Daylight Savings is also a good reminder for people to check smoke alarms in their residences to ensure they’re working properly.

“Replacing smoke alarm batteries at the same time clocks are turned back each fall is a quick and easy way to save lives,” said an official. “A working smoke alarm can mean the difference between life and death, so I encourage all people to test their smoke alarms and change the batteries.”

Prior to 2007, Daylight Saving Time in North America began on the first Sunday of April and concluded the last Sunday in October.

The change to extend Daylight Savings Time by one month was proposed in a small section of the 551-page Energy Policy Act of 2005 in Congress. The act targets energy efficiency and was signed into law by former President George W. Bush.

Initially, Daylight Savings was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin in the late 1700s. It was picked up by Englishman William Willett in 1907, who encouraged Britain to adopt it.

{Noam Amdurski-Matzav.com Newscenter}


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