#daylightsavingtime

🕰️✨ Just in time for the Fall Back: "100 Fascinating Facts About Daylight Saving Time in the United States"! 🌞🌙

As we set our clocks back an hour tonight, let's dive into the fascinating world of Daylight Saving Time in the US. It's a tradition that's been turning heads for over a century, and I've got 100 intriguing facts to share with you!

From Benjamin Franklin's genius idea to the ongoing debates about its energy-saving benefits, this article is your ultimate guide to all things DST. 🌎⏰

Whether you're a DST supporter, a critic, or just someone curious about why we're doing this time dance, you'll find something to ponder in this comprehensive piece. 🤔

And let's not forget, if you're from Arizona or Hawaii, you get to skip this clock change drama altogether! Lucky you! 😄🌵🏝️

Circular No. 50-24: Daylight Saving Time, 9/8/1924. NARA ID 6882506.

DID YOU RETARD YOUR CLOCKS LAST NIGHT?

Not a typo, not un-PC, but Navy's usage of "retard"

Daylight Savings Time has been discussed, used, amended and abandoned starting around WWI. Our extensive related holdings include Congressional debates, political cartoons, and the surprising (to us) usage of the term "retarded" by the US Navy in reference to this and other time changes.

USS SUMNER - War Diary, 6/1-30/45, NARA ID 77464207.

WWI Poster: Saving Daylight! NARA ID 512689.

Marcus M. Marks, Chair of the Nat'l. Daylight Saving Movement, signals to set hands of the great clock in the Metropolitan Tower, NYC, 3/31/1918. NARA ID 23923627.

Untitled cartoon by Clifford Berryman, 5/25/1922, NARA ID 6011373

Opposition to Daylight Savings, Cartoon by Clifford Berryman, 5/25/1922, NARA ID 6011733.

Diplomatic Records expert archivist David Langbart shares more about the origins and early implementation of Daylight Savings Time around the world in his 3-part The Text Message blog series:

DST – The Early Experiences I: Germany

DST – The Early Experiences II: France

Theresa: Then why does one clock says 12 o'clock, and the other one says 5 o'clock? 🤔