Don’t forget to spring ahead for Daylight Saving
Mar 10, 2012, 9:07 AM | Updated: 11:32 am
Don't forget to set your clock forward one hour, as Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. (PRNewsFoto/TOURNEAU)
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Don’t forget to set your clock forward an hour before you go to bed tonight. Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, when your clocks will move forward one hour.
That means you’ll lose an hour of sleep, which may be troublesome to those desperate to sleep-in over the weekend.
“Many people are not affected to a significant degree at all, but a small percentage of the population are really walloped by it and take a longer time to recover,” said doctor Gandis Mazeika, a local sleep disorder specialist.
Not only does Daylight Savings Time affect groggy sleepers, it affects how people go about the rest of their week according to Mazeika.
“The frequency of traffic accidents increases substantially, somewhere between 5-10 percent during the one week period after switching to Daylight Savings Time,” Mazeika said.
Mazeika recommends going to bed at a sensible time on Saturday and getting up a bit early on Sunday morning.
