fall back

A bill signed into law by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards says the state will adopt daylight saving time as the year-round standard time, pending changes in federal law.

Well, the newer, higher-tech clocks will. The old ones still require a manual change.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) was first enacted by the federal government March 19, 1918, during World War I, as a way to conserve coal.

Senate Bill 533, introduced by state Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), would make Daylight Saving Time the year-round standard time of the entire state starting on the second Sunday of March 2020.

I know, most of our timepieces will make the switch automatically, but there's always at least one clock that requires the "old school" treatment.

It's almost time to do that thing that so many people just hate--adjust the clock as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end.

You know the routine. Spring ahead, fall back. In case you'd forgotten, this is the weekend we crank our clocks back an hour as we make the transition from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time. Many people wonder why we're still doing it.