Fairfield, Don't Forget To Spring Ahead One Hour For Daylight-Saving Time

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Residents of Fairfield County are reminded to turn their clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 9 for the beginning of daylight-saving time.

Residents are reminded to move their clocks ahead one hour for Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, March 9.
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Joe Jenkins

03/07/2014 5:30 a.m.

Daylight-saving time officially begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. It runs from the second Sunday in March through the first Sunday in November.

It was a concept originally proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, according to timeanddate.com, but wasn't widely adopted in the United States until the energy crisis in the 1970s.

From 1987 through 2006, daylight-saving time ran from the first Sunday in April through the last Sunday in October. The change was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Many fire departments also remind residents to replace the batteries in their smoke detectors when they move their clocks forward.

Learn more about daylight-saving time at timeanddate.com.

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