Eastern Time

Update News: It’s Daylight Saving Time 2010, and if the time change for Spring 2010 caught you off guard, you’re not alone.

America has turned to The Internet to try and figure out what time it is. Right now, as of Sunday, March 14th, the current time is 7 AM PST / 10 AM EST, which is Eastern Time, or the time in New York City versus Los Angeles in the western, or Pacific Time Zone.

The old rule is “Spring forward one hour; fall back on hour.” The Atomic Clock, or The Official U.S. Clock, is at http://www.time.gov.

Why do we have Daylight Saving Time? According to About.com…

Daylight Saving Time was instituted in the United States during World War I in order to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight between April and October. During World War II the federal government again required the states to observe the time change. Between the wars and after World War II, states and communities chose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, which standardized the length of Daylight Saving Time.

Which also means that it can really screw with International Time relationships, since it’s not a World wide practice. The European Union practices it, but not all of the World.