AS OF TODAY MARCH 8, 2009 AT 2AM EST, WE'RE ON DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
Move your clocks forward one hour (or you should have at 2 a.m.)! The federal law that established "daylight time" in the United States does not require any area to observe daylight saving time (DST). But if a state chooses to observe DST, it must follow the starting and ending dates set by the law. Starting in 2007, it is observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, adding about a month to daylight saving time.
WHO DOESN'T DO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME?
Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) and Hawaii and the territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. They stick with Standard Time.
WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT USES IT:
More than one billion people in about 70 countries around the world observe DST in some form. Here are interesting facts about some of these countries: Most of Canada uses Daylight Saving Time. Some exceptions include the majority of Saskatchewan and parts of northeastern British Columbia. Mexico and the European Union also use daylight savings time.
SOME THAT DON'T - China. Some parts of Australia. In Japan, DST was implemented after World War II by the U.S. occupation. In 1952 it was abandoned because of strong opposition by Japanese farmers.
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