We, the United States, participate or have participated in DST. DST is not used all over the world. States that don't use it include only 2 of the 50 current states: Arizona and Hawaii. Porto Rico, which may become a state, also doesn't use DST. A lot of countries in Europe use DST, including Germany and the UK. Many countries use it and many countries don't, a lot of countries in Asia don't use it.
DST was originally started in the 18th century. Ben Franklin had mentioned something about it at the time. The DST we use was started in WWI and has been reintroduced for years before we started using it. The first country to use the current DST was Germany. Ever since it began it has been used in Europe, in most of those countries. Many rules have been made about DST.
There have been many arguments about DST. Due to agriculture being affected and late night entertainment also having trouble. Winston Churchill had argued for it, while many Americans argued against it. Woodrow Wilson had supported DST, but congress kept repealing the bill. Eventually we started using it in the twenties and thirties. Once we started using it we needed to set a date to start and stop DST.
DST now stops on the second Sunday of March. We stop on the first Sunday of November. This gives us several months of DST, which is enough to get used to it. To be more precise we get DST for most of the year!It starts at different times depending on what country you live in. In some states or countries, like Arizona and Afghanistan, it doesn't start at all.
DST was originally started in the 18th century. Ben Franklin had mentioned something about it at the time. The DST we use was started in WWI and has been reintroduced for years before we started using it. The first country to use the current DST was Germany. Ever since it began it has been used in Europe, in most of those countries. Many rules have been made about DST.
There have been many arguments about DST. Due to agriculture being affected and late night entertainment also having trouble. Winston Churchill had argued for it, while many Americans argued against it. Woodrow Wilson had supported DST, but congress kept repealing the bill. Eventually we started using it in the twenties and thirties. Once we started using it we needed to set a date to start and stop DST.
DST now stops on the second Sunday of March. We stop on the first Sunday of November. This gives us several months of DST, which is enough to get used to it. To be more precise we get DST for most of the year!It starts at different times depending on what country you live in. In some states or countries, like Arizona and Afghanistan, it doesn't start at all.
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