This is for participating locations in North America only. Winter nears its end! The annual madness of Daylight Saving Time returns, robbing us each of one hour of sleep in exchange for 238 hours of additional evening daylight over the months ahead. So sometime between watching basketball tournaments, bringing the grill out of storage, planning your garden or breaking in a new baseball glove, take a moment to move the small hand on your clocks forward one notch and celebrate the extra hour of sun after work or after school. And while you're changing your clocks, remember to check your smoke detector batteries. One third of all smoke detectors have dead, near dead or disconnected batteries in them doubling occupants' chances of perishing in a home fire. You can also ensure that Daylight Saving Time also saves energy by switching from incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs. Daylight Saving Time begins as early as legally possible in 2009. Under changes enacted in 2007, DST now begins on the "second Sunday in March" for participating locations in North America. March 8 is the earliest date on which this second Sunday can fall. As with all years, this day will have only 23 hours. Clocks advance from 1:59:59 a.m. to 3:00:00 a.m. There is no 2 a.m. on March 8, 2009.
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