4 Things You Didn’t Know About Daylight Saving Time

This is just a fun little fact. Most people add an 's' to the end of 'savings,' making it plural. It is actually not pronounced this way, but rather supposed to be just 'saving.'

In 1916, Germany decided to enact the daylight saving time idea. It was originally used as a way to conserve electricity. Shortly after, the United Kingdom decided to join in and they instituted "summer time."

Many people believe that when the time change in the U.S. began, it was a way to provide more sunlight for farmers to work in the fields.

Interestingly enough, when the measure began in 1918, farmers were opposed to the idea of switching the time. The actual time was not a way to dictate when farmers should or should not work. They simply just referred to the patterns of sunlight, so changing the physical time on a clock was just a nuisance.

There are two states in America that do not recognize the time change: Hawaii and Arizona. (this is with exception of the Navajo Nation, who does recognize it) The U.S. territories of the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands also choose not to follow daylight saving. Around the globe, places near the equator do not recognize it as much either, as they have little variation in daylight from season to season. Altogether, about 70 countries observe the daylight saving time change.