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This is a reminder to turn your clocks forward one hour on Sunday, March 14. The transition officially happens at 2:00am local standard time, which becomes 3:00am local daylight time.

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This weekend, March 13 and 14, we will all be setting our clocks to Daylight Saving Time. The time change is a good reminder to check your smoke alarms. Read more…

Daylight Savings Time in the United States starts on the second Sunday in March of each year and the Federal Emergency Management Agency encourages all Americans to use the change to daylight savings time to update emergency preparedness plans. For years, firefighters and safety professionals at every level have asked the public to change smoke alarm batteries throughout their homes, as they move their clocks ahead. According to FEMA Acting Regional Administrator Dennis Hunsinger, the March ritual of making homes safer from fire is also a great opportunity to review disaster response plans and restock disaster kits. Read more…

Here’s a big reminder if you don’t have it on your calendar yet. Don’t forget to change your clocks this weekend! Starting on Sunday at 2 a.m. Daylight Saving Time will end (for the places that observe it ) and we’ll all need to set our clocks back one hour. Personally I love the extra hour of sleep, but hate the shorter days that come with switching back to standard time. I’m also not always the best at remembering to change the clocks. I usually remember at the last minute Saturday night. Forgetting to change your clocks can cause mild chaos for some people, like a friend of mine who went the whole day without remembering to switch her clocks and almost ended up being late for work the following Monday. (This was in the spring, when we were supposed to spring our clocks ahead an hour.) Curious as to why this whole Daylight Saving Time and changing clocks thing even exists? National Geographic did a nice job explaining the history of DST . Have you ever forgotten to change your clocks? Feel free to share your stories in the comments.