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Time to spring forward... say goodbye to an hour of sleep tonight

A lot of people will awake in the morning feeling less than well-rested
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Yes, it's time to change the time again.

Having trouble figuring out which way? Spring forward and fall back. That means you should probably change your clocks forward an hour before you go to bed tonight. Don't forget your automobiles, too.

Fire and emergency services in many communities are also reminding people to change the batteries in their smoke and CO detectors tonight and to test them to make sure they are in good working order. You could save a life, maybe your own, and potentially save yourself a fine if you do this when you change the time on your clocks.

All provinces and three territories in Canada have been keeping daylight saving time since the late 1960s.

In 2005, when many states in the United States chose to move the daylight savings time a week later in March, Canadians decided to closely or completely synchronize their time change with its observance in the United States to facilitate consistent economic and social interaction.

People in the states believed this would be a way to reduce energy consumption but studies have shown this doesn't tend to be happening.

One thing a lot of people agree on is that the time change is upsetting and not necessary.



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