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Next Sunday we will "fall back" to Standard time, add an extra hour of slumber for most and lose the advantage of a bit more light during winter afternoons.

Daylight Saving Time, which has been a part of American life since the days of Benjamin Franklin, had its latest modifications as a result of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. In 1987, the "spring forward" was changed from the last Sunday in A...