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Spring Forward: When Do We Change Clocks for Daylight Saving Time?
Make sure you have your clocks right as the clocks jump forward an hour tomorrow Sunday, March 10. Also would be good time to change your batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
It's Daylight Saving Time already again. While it might not feel like Spring today, it's coming soon, and that means it is Spring Forward this time.
So when does Daylight Saving start?
Daylight Saving Time started early this morning at 2 a.m. (Sunday, March 10). That means you’ll “spring ahead” and move your clocks forward one hour—and, unfortunately, lose that hour of sleep.
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The benefit is that we’ll get more sunlight later in the evening and it’s a pleasant sign that spring is just around the corner. (Spring 2013 officially starts on Wednesday, March 20, so prepare for those days to start getting longer)
Daylight Savings also serves as a good time to change the batteries in your smoke alarms.
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There's plenty of things to do with that extra hour: enjoy the sunset on the Grant Wood Trail or swing by Culver's Garden Center and Greenhouse get started on gardening. Or check out a local event. The Cultural Corridor has a good list of activities.
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