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Why Do We Spring Forward? [from American History Hotline]
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:24:51
Publish Date: 2026-03-08 06:00:00
Description:

No, Benjamin Franklin did not invent Daylight Saving Time. But he did muse about its practicality in a 1784 essay. So, if Franklin didn't invent DST, where did all this springing forward come from? 

Bob calls up Chad Orzel (A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks) to get to the bottom of this question. 

Oh, and don't forget to change your clocks today!

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