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Kids Get 1 More Hour of Light for Trick-or-Treating
31-Oct-2007
Written by: Kimberly Lovisi
Daylight saving moved to first week in November.
Don’t look now, gadgets are freaking out. I don’t know about anyone else, but I thought I was going crazy Sunday when my clocks were registering an hour behind. It isn’t your fault and you are not going crazy. Daylight savings time normally takes effect the last week of October, but now it is changing to the first week of November.
"Congress passed the bill in 2005, and instead of taking immediate effect, it was set up not to take effect until 2007," said daylight-saving expert Dr. David Prerau. He told the New York Daily News, "That was for manufacturers and computer programmers to try to take care of this date change ... but I'm sure there were still a few people that were late."
This decision affects trick-or-treaters as well. Children are more likely to get hit by a car on Halloween than on a normal day. However, an extra hour of daylight will make the holiday safer and give extra time to trick-or-treat, increasing candy sales. The move will also save electricity and decrease the number of accidents, as well as outdoor crime.
OK, well, I suppose I can live with an out of sync clock for a few days, I mean its for the kids. Have a lighter, brighter, candy filled and happy Halloween.
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