It’s been a long winter here in Cleveland, and we know it’s almost over when daylight saving time rolls around. We will turn our clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9.
The United States first started observing daylight saving (no ‘s’) time in 1918, although the time change was first used in 1908 in Canada to save energy and make better use of daylight.
Now daylight saving time is used in more than 70 countries. The beginning and end dates vary from one country to another.
Here in Ohio, we turn our clocks ahead at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March. For most of us, the change will happen automatically on our digital devices. For folks with an analog timepiece, experts suggest you change your clocks before you go to bed Saturday night.
We don’t have to live like this
Sen. Rick Scott of Florida introduced a bill in January called the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025. If passed, he said, the bill would “lock the clock,” meaning it would do away with moving clocks forward and back twice a year and establish daylight saving time as the standard national time.
This follows similar bills introduced in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023 that never moved forward.