US gets summertime blues | The World | The Australian

US gets summertime blues The World The Australian: "SPRING began three weeks earlier than usual in the US 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. SPRING began three weeks earlier than usual in the US 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. "