Tomorrow morning at 2 a.m., the clocks need to "spring ahead" as Daylight Saving Time goes into effect. It's murder to have to get up one hour earlier - worse than jet lag. It seems like it takes forever to adjust to the time change. So why do we do this, you ask?
An author named Michael Downing was curious, too. He researched the history of DST and wrote a book (Spring Forward) explaining it all. What it comes down to is that merchants and sports organizations were the force behind changing time. Not farmers - they hated it. And not ordinary people. DST was driven by greed - if it's light later at night, people will be more likely to go out shopping. Downing explains that DST has always been controversial, not just in the U.S., but around the world. There's no good reason why we do it. Remember that Monday morning as you're crawling out of bed at an ungodly hour.
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