Expanded Daylight Saving Time

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Back in July, 2005 Congress expanded daylight saving time as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, ostensibly to save energy, but it's also a great boon to retailers as well!

So the new expanded DLS starts Sunday morning (March 11th), so you'd best set your clocks back tonight before bed...and the longer nights won't end until November 4th of this year!

Supporters of extending DLS claim that the longer days will save about 100,000 barrels of oil per DAY!

Senator Jeff Bingham (D-NM) among others actually got the extended period reduced because farmers didn't like starting their worday in the dark. It was originally supposed to start the first Sunday in March (now it's the second) and end the last Sunday in November (now the first Sunday in November)