When is daytime saving 2011

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Also called Fall Back and Winter Time. Other years: Indiana introduced DST in The current schedule was introduced in and follows the Energy Policy Act of The law does not affect the rights of the states and territories that choose not to observe DST. Historically, there were no uniform rules for DST from to But in , Congress adjusted daylight saving time to begin three weeks earlier and end one week later -- a move they hoped would help save energy.

At the time, they pointed to the fact that longer daylight in the evening hours reduced people's need to turn on lights in their homes at night. Critics of the policy questioned the government's decision, wondering whether people would simply turn on as many lights in the morning hours instead.

In response, the Department of Energy studied the energy savings in They found that during daylight saving time, U.

Now, as daylight saving time comes to its November close, energy use will tick up again as the sun sets earlier in the evening. In the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov. For an individual who goes to bed at 10 p.