Daylight saving time: a hands-off experience

By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune

Last update: March 7, 2008 - 8:23 AM

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Digital this, programmed that.

Technological advancements seem to have minimized the attention we must pay to our clocks when the time comes to spring forward an hour or fall back.

Whether it's the clock on our dashboard or the tiny readout on our PCs, they correct themselves when daylight saving time comes and goes.

At 2 a.m. Sunday, the clocks roll forward an hour with the arrival of daylight saving time. Exceptions are Hawaii and most of Arizona, which keep chugging along on standard time.

The clocks roll back on Nov. 2, giving the presidential candidates an extra hour to win your vote.

The federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 changed both the starting and ending dates for daylight saving time. Beginning in 2007, daylight time now starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. It had been the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October.

PAUL WALSH