
Interesting facts:
It was Benjamin Franklin who first suggested the idea of changing the clocks to make better use of daylight. He noted in a 1784 essay, "An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light", that people could save money on candles and tallow if it was light longer in the evenings. It would be over 100 more years before anyone paid attention to that essay. An Englishman, William Willet, created a pamphlet entitled, "The Waste of Daylight", where he suggested changing the clocks to maximize the use of sunlight. His idea was rejected in 1908 by the British House of Commons.
The year 1916 brought an act by British Parliament to create "British Summer Time". This Act established the turning of clocks ahead one hour during the summer months to get the most benefit out of daylight. It was soon discovered that the changing of the clocks also saved on energy costs. This would become increasingly important as countries entered World War I. In 1918, the United States adopted a form of daylight saving time as an effort to save energy during the war.
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