Daylight Saving Time
www.HomeBossInspection.com Daylight Saving Time (DST), also known as British Summer Time (BST) in the U.K., is the practice of adjusting clocks an hour ahead of Standard Time so that afternoon s have more daylight and mornings have less. It is designed to reduce energy consumption in residences and businesses, but its effectiveness is controversial. Interesting DST Paradoxes In September 1999, two bombs were passed from West Bank terrorists to their Israeli counterparts to be planted on busses. The men misunderstood the bombs’ timers because Israel had just switched back to Standard Time, causing the bombs to explode prematurely and kill only the terrorists. Daylight Saving Time can reverse birth order. If twins are born minutes before and after the fall switch, the baby born later will appear on paper to be born first. No babies are born from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. after the spring switch. During the 1950s and 1960s, for five weeks out o...