Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 10 at 2am. Please set your clocks back one hour.

This is also a good time to change the batteries on your smoke detectors. More information is available from the Orange County Fire Authority.

What is Daylight Saving Time?
Daylight Saving Time, or DST, is the period of the year when clocks are moved one hour ahead. In the United States, this has the effect of creating more sunlit hours in the evening during months when the weather is the warmest. We advance our clocks ahead one hour at the beginning of DST, and move them back one hour ("spring forward, fall back") when we return to Standard Time (ST). The transition from ST to DST has the effect of moving one hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. The transition from DST to ST effectively moves one hour of daylight from the evening to the morning.

For more information on Daylight Saving Time, please see the National Institute of Standards and Technology.