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Originally Posted by AniManiac
Until last year, the time change period was actually shorter, but there was a federal bill in the US to extend daylight savings time with the notion that it would help save lots of money by reducing the amount of electricity use.
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Believe it or not, there was also sort of a subtext, economic rationale for the DST extension. President Bush thought that if people had more daylight hours after the workday, they would be more apt to stay active and go shopping after work.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=131211321
Not everyone likes the new change. I personally love it. Yes, it's pretty dark in the mornings come the end of October, but to have the later daylight hours in March is really a welcome sight after a long, dark, northern winter. I know Australia also changes their clocks, so I don't think it's just a northern thing.