Daylight Saving Time 2019: It's Finally Time To Spring Ahead

TINLEY PARK, IL — Weather-weary Illinoisans take heart: Daylight Savings Time is Sunday, which means that sunshine and warm weather is just around the corner.

Change your clocks. And don't forget to change your batteries in your smoke alarms.

The official change takes place at 2 a.m. Sun., March 10. Most smartphones, computers and other digital devices will roll ahead on their own. However, your grandfather clocks, wristwatches and analog relics will need an adjustment by hand before you go to bed Saturday.

Some facts about Daylight Saving Time:

• Benjamin Franklin was kind of joking with his 1784 suggestion.
• In the United States, Hawaii and most of Arizona do not change their clocks.
• Yes, Indiana observes Daylight Saving Time (but it hasn't been that long).
• The U.S. Department of Transportation is in charge of time in the U.S., including time zones and daylight saving time.
• During the 1970s energy crisis, Congress ordered states to go on year-round daylight saving time from January 1974 to April 1975.