On Sunday, March 9 ‘Spring Forward’ Daylight Saving Time Begins at 2 a.m.; Annapolis Public Safety officials: It’s a great time to think about keeping your family safe!
ANNAPOLIS, MD - At 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, residents should move their clocks ahead by one hour to begin Daylight Saving Time. Please note that many electronic devices automatically adjust when Daylight Saving Time begins or ends.
The annual date is a good time to check in on the following, courtesy of the Annapolis Fire Department:
- Test smoke alarms and CO detectors. If they are more than 10 years old, they should be replaced with a 10-year, sealed battery model (available at hardware stores);
- Use the date to think about creating or updating your family’s Emergency Plan (visit FEMA.gov for samples);
- Refresh both home and automobile emergency medical kits; and
- Use the date as a reminder to properly dispose of unused medication (there’s a disposal bin at the Annapolis Police Department at 199 Taylor Avenue).
In Annapolis, sunrise will take place at 6:28 a.m. on Saturday and at 7:26 a.m. on Sunday. Sunset on Saturday will take place at 6:06 p.m. On Sunday, it will be at 7:07 p.m.
Daylight Saving Time will end this year on November 2, 2025.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) got its start in 1784 when Benjamin Franklin proposed the idea as a way to conserve energy. By moving clocks forward in the summer, he posited that people could get an extra hour of daylight rather than waste energy lighting their homes. During the 1973 oil crisis, it was enacted year-round to save energy, but it lasted only from January to April. In 1975, Congress authorized DST to run from April to October. A 2005 Act of Congress, the “Energy Police Act,” expanded the duration of Daylight Saving Time by an additional four weeks. The Act took effect in 2007.
