Daylight savings time has been in practice for decades. The
history of daylight savings has been documented as far back as
1784 when Ben Franklin suggested the idea in an essay titled "An
Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light." It wasn't
until 1907 when an Englishman, William Willet, suggested it
again after observing a home with all its shades pulled during
the middle of the day. He wrote a pamphlet called "The Waste of
Daylight" and suggested that time be changed in four time steps
of 20 minutes each during the spring and summer months. It
wasn't' until 1916, when the British Summer Time Act, finally
enacted the one hour time change for the summer months. In 1918,
England recognized the country could save money by practicing
this time change every year. When America went to war in 1942,
they too enacted the time change as a means of conserving costs.
Between 1942 and 1966, there was no U.S. law regarding the time
change, and each state could choose what it wanted to do.
However, it created a