It's time once again for the semi-annual ritual of setting our clocks for daylight saving time (DST)*. In spring, we turn daylight saving time on, which means moving clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, March 13. This departure from "normal" time (Pacific Standard Time) provides an hour more daylight in the evening for family activities, yard work, and whatever else might be better to do before it gets dark.
Desert sunrise.
Photo © Stan White
Unless you plan on being awake and functional at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, set your clocks forward one hour before retiring on Saturday night. You'll then be on time for Sunday activities, though maybe a little ragged from losing an hour of sleep. For those who still have a job, the boss will appreciate your not showing up an hour late. We will get to do this once more in 2011, when daylight saving time ends on November 6 (set clocks back an hour).
*Note that the proper usage is "saving" and not "savings."
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