Time After Time
A Timeline of how Daylight Saving Time came to be
1784- Benjamin Franklin first proposed the concept of Daylights Savings
1918- The Standard Time Act established saving to help engineers prepare for World War I
1942- Franklin Roosevelt established a year-round Daylight Savings Time that lasted for three years during World War II
1966- United States Congress officially passed the Uniform Time Act of 1966
2005- President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act to extend Daylight Savings Time in 2007
About the Contributor
Emily Cummings, Staff Writer
Emily Cummings is a 16-year-old junior at BVHS. She has been on the newspaper staff for two years and loves being a part of the Tiger family. Her favorite...
