Daylight Saving Time will begin Sunday, March 12. The clock will officially spring ahead one hour at 2 a.m.

The idea behind Daylight Saving Time is to literally “save time” by making better use of daylight hours as the earth orbits around the sun. The practice of moving the clock forward one hour from Standard Time during the spring gives us more daylight during summer evenings; changing them back again in the fall grants us more light during winter mornings.