Benjamin Franklin was being sarcastic, of course (Oh that's why it was confusing).
During World War I, the United States enacted the Standard Time Act which officially established time zones and incorporated daylight saving months into federal law. The idea was that if daylight hours were coordinated with natural light, fewer tasks would have to be completed at night and with the need for electric light.
Daylight Saving Time ended with the war but was brought back during World War II when it was again brought back as a conservation measure.
After the war, states were allowed to do their own measurement of time, causing much confusion. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act which established norms, but allowed states to withdraw. In 1973 President Nixon made daylight saving time go year-round to deal with the rising price of oil.
For many people, this time change takes place automatically on smartphones, computers and tablets "that have become the real timekeepers instead of watches and clocks."
Well, I Still Use My Watch to Tell Time. Sorry. --RoadDog
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Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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