From an article on History.com: "The first real experiments with daylight saving time began during World War I. On April 30, 1916, Germany and Austria implemen

From an article on History.com: "The first real experiments with daylight saving time began during World War I. On April 30, 1916, Germany and Austria implemented a one-hour clock shift as a way of conserving electricity needed for the war effort. The United Kingdom and several other European nations adopted daylight saving shortly thereafter, and the United States followed suit in 1918." Personally, I hate the practice and want it gone.