I found this interesting site about Daylight Savings Time. The main purpose of Daylight Saving Time (called "Summer Time" in many places in the world) is to make better use of daylight. We change our clocks during the summer months to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. Countries have different change dates.
However, Daylight Saving Time does save energy. Studies done by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that Daylight Saving Time trims the entire country's electricity usage by a small but significant amount, about one percent each day, because less electricity is used for lighting and appliances. Similarly, in New Zealand, power companies have found that power usage decreases 3.5 percent when daylight saving starts. In the first week, peak evening consumption commonly drops around five percent.
Incidents and Anecdotes:Throughout its long and fascinating history, daylight saving time has had a remarkable impact on a wide variety of unexpected areas-from Middle East terrorism to feuding twin cities, voter turnout to time-change riots, radio stations to trick-or-treaters, 
and opera performances to manslaughter charges.
If you have stories you want to share about this particular event, please send them for all of us to enjoy. Have a great weekend!
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