Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m., Sunday, March 10. Clocks get moved ahead by one hour as we “spring forward” into the annual time change.
Also, TVA has a four-hour power outage scheduled for the Sewanee community between midnight and 4 a.m., Sunday, March 10. TVA will be working on the high-tension power lines below the Memorial Cross. The communities of Sherwood, Anderson, Sinking Cove and Cowan in Franklin County will not be affected by this scheduled outage.
Many electronic devices such as cell phones and computers automatically adjust when Daylight Savings Time begins or ends. However, traditional clocks and watches must be reset; this is a good time to change batteries in household smoke detectors.
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Daylight Savings Time was extended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in the interest of reducing energy consumption. DST is now in effect for 238 days or about 65 percent of the year. Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. now begins at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March and ends at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November.
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