Time Change: Spring Forward. And Don’t Forget The Smoke Alarm Batteries.

March 9, 2024

Don’t forget to “spring forward” and set your clocks ahead one hour before heading off to bed Saturday night. Daylight saving time begins Sunday, making use of longer summer days, allowing people to rise early and spend more of the day working or playing.

It’s also a good time to remember to change the batteries in your smoke alarm.

Daylight saving time ends November 3, unless that’s changed by Congress.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio has said repeatedly the practice of “falling back” as daylight saving time an antiquated process that should come to an end. They say year-round DST would reduce car crashes, reduce crime, improve physical fitness, reduce energy use and benefit agriculture. Read more…

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One Response to “Time Change: Spring Forward. And Don’t Forget The Smoke Alarm Batteries.”

  1. Richard on March 9th, 2024 1:12 pm

    There has been talk of doing away with time change for years, I doubt it will ever happen. As far as smoke detector battery change. It use to work fine when it was every six months now the time changes four months and eight months.put it on your calendar every six months. January 1 and July 1.or better yet. Replace them with the new ones that have a ten year battery.And don’t take the battery out if it beeps. Replace it

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