The tortured history of Daylight Saving Time
Senate Sergeant at Arms Charles Higgins turns forward the Ohio Clock for the first Daylight Saving Time, in 1918, while senators William Calder, Willard Saulsbury, Jr. and Joseph T. Robinson pose. By Gillian Brockell Gillian Brockell Staff writer for Retropolis Email Bio Follow March 9 at 7:00 AM As you grumble about your lost hour of sleep this weekend, just remember: Don’t blame Benjamin Franklin. Despite legend, the nerdiest founding father did not invent daylight saving time.
“Plus, the sun, beside giving light, it gives heat, and it drives off the dew on a lot of the things that have to be harvested. And you can’t harvest things when they’re wet,” Prerau says. At 2 a.m., a reception at Madison Square Garden marked the occasion, and in the U.S. Capitol, a few senators stayed awake with the Sergeant-at-Arms to reset the Ohio Clock.
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