Daylight saving time confusion: Time change question trips up people in 1968 WJBK segment

Derek Kevra explains what would happen if we didn't change clocks

This Saturday we set the clocks ahead one hour. Nobody like losing an hour of sleep, but Derek Kevra explains it all.

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Is it time to move the clocks forward, or back?

When asked that by a WJBK TV 2 reporter back in 1968, people were confused about what happens when daylight saving time starts. Some took a few seconds to answer, while one man was certain clocks are moved back on the second Sunday of March.

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He was wrong – clocks move forward one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, meaning we lose an hour of sleep. However, that also means the sunset Sunday will be an hour later than Saturday, so there's a positive.

Daylight Saving Time confuses people in 1968

Do you move your clocks forward or back in March? That question trips up people now, and it confused people back in 1968, too.

And if you're struggling to remember if the clock moves forward or back, remember the time springs forward ahead of spring and falls back in the fall, on the first Sunday in November.