New When Do We Set The Clocks Ahead 2020 Background. Daylight saving time was first established. When do the clocks spring forward or fall back in united states?
Daylight saving time was first established.
Fri 27 mar 2020 17.52 gmt last modified on tue 20 oct 2020 16.53 bst. The idea of setting clocks ahead in the spring was pitched as a way to help farmers with crops and harvesting. When local standard time was about to reach sunday, march 8, 2020, 2:00:00 am clocks were turned forward 1 hour to sunday, march 8, 2020, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead. We're just moving an hour of daylight to later in the day — so, for example, on march 10 when the clock reads 6 p.m., it will look pretty much as bright as it was at 5 p.m.