Results: Spring Ahead, Fall Back! Time To Change The Clocks
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On Sunday March 12, at 2 o'clock EST the clocks revert back to Daylight Saving Time, and we set our clocks ahead one hour. This heralds the unofficial season of spring, as we gain extra daylight hours...with the official spring season starting almost one week later. Are you excited for the start of spring, and the return of daylight saving time?
Excited for spring
40%
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840 votes
Excited for the return of daylight saving time
7%
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141 votes
Excited for both
23%
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481 votes
No, prefer colder weather and snow
7%
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140 votes
No, for other reasons
8%
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164 votes
I don't get excited for much really
15%
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320 votes
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2.
How many of these interesting facts about daylight saving time did you know?
Most areas in North America and Europe, and some areas in the Middle East observe daylight saving time (DST), while most areas of Africa and Asia do not. In South America most countries in the north of the continent near the equator do not observe DST, while Paraguay and southern parts of Brazil do
18%
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373 votes
For the U.S. and its territories, Daylight Saving Time is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and Arizona. The Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, even in Arizona, due to its large size and location in three states.
21%
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437 votes
Observed in all of Canada with some exceptions, including most of Saskatchewan
17%
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351 votes
Daylight saving time started in 1908 in Thunder Bay, Canada, to squeeze in an extra hour of daylight. It spread from there. In the United States, it began in 1918, but the nation has tinkered with it endlessly, changing dates or repealing it for a while altogether.
9%
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192 votes
In 1997, things got out of hand in Athens, Ohio, when bars catering to Ohio University students closed early as a result of the time change with a full-fledged riot involving a thousand people that had to be dispersed by police in riot gear.
4%
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76 votes
A new study from Finland suggests the risk of suffering a stroke is increased after the clocks spring forward in March.
7%
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144 votes
A 2012 study found the risk of heart attacks rises by 10 per cent upon changing to Daylight Saving Time in the spring, and fell by the same amount when Daylight Saving Time ends in the fall. Some studies have also found an increase in traffic collisions.
9%
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193 votes
In the U.S. and Canada 2:00 a.m. was originally chosen as the changeover time because it was practical and minimized disruption. Most people were at home and this was the time when the fewest trains were running. It is late enough to minimally affect bars and restaurants, and it prevents the day from switching to yesterday, which would be confusing.
13%
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264 votes
All of them
7%
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147 votes
None of them
48%
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1000 votes
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3.
Do you live in an area that observes Daylight Saving Time?
Yes
84%
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1748 votes
No
9%
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182 votes
Undecided
7%
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156 votes
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4.
How many of these tips associated with changing the clocks do you follow?
Set your clocks ahead before you go to bed Saturday night, which will hopefully help you adjust better
53%
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1114 votes
Check your smoke detectors and change the batteries, and again in the fall when the time changes again
28%
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583 votes
Use that extra hour of sunlight to get outside and enjoy the weather and extra sunlight (hopefully)
26%
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551 votes
Be extra careful driving to work on Monday as that missing hour of sleep could cause problems on the roads
13%
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276 votes
None
22%
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449 votes
Does not apply to me
8%
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176 votes
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5.
Did you learn the phrase "Fall Back, Spring Ahead" to remember which way to adjust the time on your clocks?
Yes
69%
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1449 votes
No
13%
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279 votes
Undecided
5%
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108 votes
Not Applicable
12%
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250 votes
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And we'll end with some jokes. Do you find any of these funny?
Dave Barry: You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight saving time.
14%
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302 votes
Victor Borge: I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year
24%
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502 votes
David Letterman: Don't forget it's daylight saving time. You spring forward, then you fall back. It's like Robert Downey Jr. getting out of bed.
17%
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352 votes
Stephen Colbert: Daylight Savings Time started this weekend, and I finally won the 4-month battle with my oven clock.
19%
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386 votes
None
55%
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1144 votes
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