In the late 1940s, Congress acted too late on bringing daylight saving to D.C., leaving the nation’s capital an hour behind other parts of the country. Seriously.
Less sleep, more free doughnuts.
Metro again failed to account for the change in time that took effect on Sunday, charging some riders higher fares than it should have yesterday.
The nitty-gritty of “springing forward” and some commentary on the need for time change.
Good morning, Washington. At 2:00 am, Daylight Saving Time ended, Standard Time began, and we were granted an extra hour of cherished sleep. The bi-annual shift is much less tedious now that so many devices that keep the time are automated. Still, some people detest what they see as an antiquated ritual.
Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend, bringing with it the glorious bounty that is an extra hour of sunlight in the evenings. But don’t forget that when the clocks move ahead one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 14, it will suddenly be 3 a.m., and the Metrorail system (not to mention most D.C. bars) will close….
We’re set to fall back one hour this weekend, when Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1. For Metro riders who will be out celebrating Halloween that night, WMATA has just put out its regular reminder that it will still close at 3 a.m. on Saturday night/Sunday morning, despite the time change. That means that there will technically be an extra hour of Metrorail service on Halloween night: when the time…
Photo by Grundlepuck Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Saturday night/early on Sunday morning. Did you forget? When we spring forward tomorrow night at 2 a.m., it will suddenly be 3 a.m., and just like they have in previous years, Metro is reminding customers that the Metrorail system will close promptly at 3 a.m. So keep in mind when you go out on Saturday night that, unless you’re in Arizona or Hawaii some…
Good Monday morning, D.C. Since we get up early to skim the day’s headlines, we couldn’t help but notice that today was one of the first days since we switched to Daylight Saving Time that the sun was up before we were. Not to mention that it’s already staying light until 7 p.m. We love this time of year, when suddenly, as things get steadily warmer, we’re filled with a desire to get outside and…
A note to all D.C. Bloggers: Feel like getting up early tomorrow? DCist will be over at Busboys and Poets right around sunrise (thank you, Daylight Saving Time), drinking all the free coffee Fox 5 is willing to pour out at their Blogapalooza. Hard as it may be for us to believe, apparently there are still some folks out in TV Land who just can’t quite get a grip on what this whole blogging thing…