Spring Forward Sunday

The spring ritual of losing an hour of sleep to gain some evening sunshine kicks in at 2 a.m. Sunday when we switch from standard to daylight saving time.

Time in West Cobb will jump ahead one hour to 3 a.m., banking an hour that we won't get back until the return of standard time on the first Sunday in November.

In addition to setting all your clocks forward, remember to change the batteries in smoke detectors.

Daylight saving time was established during World War I to regulate energy use. Congress passed the Uniform Time Act in 1966.

In 2005, the Energy Policy Act lengthened daylight saving time to eight months in the hope of saving 10,000 barrels of oil a day from businesses using less energy during the daytime.

But National Geographic reported in December that several studies in recent years found that daylight saving time doesn’t save energy and might result in an energy loss in the long run.