Daylight Saving Time 2014 Guide: All You Need to Know!

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It's about time, people. Literally and figuratively. See what we did there?!



It's also inherently confounding for millions of Americans. Every year.

Daylight Savings Time 2013


Here's all that you need to know about Daylight Savings Time 2014:

  1. It begins officially tomorrow: Sunday, March 9 at 2 a.m.
  2. Time "springs" forward one hour (see infographic).
  3. Set your clocks ahead before you go to bed tonight. Done.
  4. Or stay up until 2 a.m., put 'em at 3, then hit the sack. BAM.
  5. Your iPhone should do this automatically. Your microwave? No.
  6. Yes, this means losing an hour of sleep in the morning. Boo.
  7. Especially if you have kids still on a nap schedule. Weak.
  8. But you get an extra hour of sun in the evening now. NICE.
  11. Daylight Saving Time 2014 ends on Sunday, November 2.
  12. If you can't figure out how to change the clock in your car, there is hope: Just make a mental (or Post-It) note that it's an hour slow until 11/2.
  13. The concept was the brainchild of Ben Franklin. Who knew?!
  14. Arizona, Hawaii and Puerto Rico residents: Disregard.

There you go: 14 easy steps to prep you for #DST14. Up top.


Ben Franklin presented it as a joke idea to get lazy 'night owls' out of bed an hour earlier. It wasn't taken seriously until a long time later.


this indeed is good news, folks.
I say 'The Best News' this year so far.

Doobie brothers
@ Mister+Baja

Actually the best news this year is Netflix finally streaming the last half season of Breaking Bad.


Was someone paid to write this? If you can't program your cars clock you probably shouldn't leave your house.....ever.


How is it determined when DST begins and ends?