[I want to thank all of you who answered my question. This answer was entertaining
- and informative.]
Dear TaxMama--
In your last newsletter, you asked when we reset our clocks.
What with our Congressperps messing around with things, it is difficult
to know. However, the US Naval Observatory (the official timekeepers for
all of us), have the answers.
For quite some time, we have traditionally returned to standard time on
the last Sunday in October. The
Observatory page, however, tells us that 2006 is the last time that will
be true.
So, this year, we'll "fall back" at 2:00 AM on Sunday, October 30, 2005.
In 2006, we'll spring forward at 2:00 AM on Sunday, April 2 and fall back
at 2:00 AM on Sunday, October 29.
In 2007 (and thereafter, assuming the rules don't change again), we'll
spring forward at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March 11 and fall back at 2:00 AM on
Sunday, November 4.
For future reference, that's the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday
in November.
Whatever the rules are, we'll all be grumbling, because most of us will
be driving to work in the dark for a longer period each year. I don't think
even the farmers (for whom DST was supposedly initiated) think this is a
good idea.
I know for sure that school kids who have to stand on street corners waiting
for the bus in the winter won't think kindly of the idea.
Vic
Victor McDonald
