Spring forward
On Aug. 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST began on the second Sunday in March and ends the first Sunday in November. Before retiring for the night, residents should set their clocks ahead one hour Saturday night. The time changes at 2 a.m. Sunday.
A safety reminder
As Missourians set their clocks ahead, State Fire Marshal Randy Cole is reminding everyone to also change the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
“The semi-annual time changes are great reminders to change the batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors,” said Cole. “Across the country, 80 percent of the children who die in home fires are killed in residences without a working smoke alarm. If people take the words ‘change your clocks, change your batteries’ to heart, we would reduce the number of home fire deaths in the United States.”
