Couple waking up before daylightgetty It’s time to “spring forward” and move your clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 10, at 2 a.m. To many, this is a promising sign of spring weather, longer days of sunlight and the end of the dreary, dark days of winter. However, more and more health professionals, as well as those in the general public, are questioning the benefits of this practice. In fact, the harms are seeming to outweigh any benefits. As I wrote for Forbes last year, this seemingly minor jump of just one hour can cause some serious impacts on health and safety. All states in the U.S. except for Arizona and Hawaii, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands, move clocks forward one hour in the spring, to Daylight Saving Time (DST) and move them back one hour in the fall, usually in early November, to Standard Time. While each switch weekend (it’s always on a Saturday/Sunday, so people have one day to acclimate before the start of a Monday work and school week) is just one hour, the… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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