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The springtime change may adversely affect patterns of mortality.
Car accidents increase in the weeks following the start of daylight saving time.
Maintenance of good sleep habits can defray the sometimes difficult adjustment to time changes.
March means the start of Daylight Saving Time and the time of year between spring and fall when clocks are set one hour ahead. Congress passed An Act to Save Daylight and to Provide Standard Time for the United States on March 19, 1918. The law, now more commonly known as the Standard Time Act of 1918, established current standard time zones in the U.S. and followed precedent in Europe, where some countries had already adopted Daylight Saving Time. Over time, revisions have occurred, and changes have been proposed, but elements of the original legislation remain in place today.
For many, this annual transition is rote and routine, but most people find the single-hour advance exhausting. Many note that the acclimation period........