Today, March 14, 2010 at 2 AM (2 AM of the date) will be the beginning of Daylight Savings Time or DST.

I am 24 years old and I never knew what it really was and why the time is implemented as such. Personally I don't agree to it but the most powerful people do and do not care what we say :)

DST was implimented to be a time period so that we (American's) can "enjoy" the most of daylight in the summer. Who's bright idea was it? Well the person who invented the bright light bulb of course. Benjamin Franklin believed that we didn't enjoy daylight as much as he believed we should, like spending time out with the family and such, so he did what any powerful man in office would do, force it on us. Decades later we still practice the extra hour as well as other countries in the world now.

What's the point? I don't really know, but I do know that tonight (as I am writing this before 2AM) I'm going to lose 1 hour of sleep just to gain one more hour of the lovely Texas summer heat and sunshine.

I believe that DST is just a waste of our time but I really look forward to Standard Time as I get back what was taken from me!

I'm going to leave you with this quote from an official government website that backs DST all the way...

One of the biggest reasons we change our clocks to Daylight Saving Time (DST) is that it reportedly saves electricity.
- The California Energy Commission