Spring began three weeks earlier than usual in America yesterday with clocks moving forward one hour by order of the US Congress, which is convinced that the change will cut energy consumption.
The decision to bring forward the start of Daylight Saving Time (DST) — known as “summer time” or BST in the UK — from its traditional date on the first Sunday of April has been fraught with controversy.
Orthodox Jews argued against it because they must wait until dawn to say morning prayers. So did the airline industry, cautioning that it would throw its international schedules into chaos by putting it out of synch with Europe. And the National Sleep Foundation (there is a lobby group for everything) condemned Congress for robbing Americans