By Daily Press staff
It’s that time of year again. Most Americans will return to daylight savings time this weekend, resetting their clocks ahead by one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday. The reward is an additional hour of daylight in the evening for warm-weather outdoor activities.
Standard time returns Oct. 26.
Federal law does not require any area to observe daylight savings time, and a few parts of the country like Arizona, Hawaii, the section of Indiana in the Eastern time zone, Puerto Rico and Guam have opted not to do so.
It’s also a good time to check the batteries in home smoke detectors, safety experts contend.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 3, 2004. Read the original PDF.