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Use Google to Check Time: Daylight Saving Time Begins Tomorrow

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If you live in the United States, don’t forget to set your clocks an hour ahead before you go to sleep tonight as Daylight Saving Time goes into effect tomorrow morning at 2 am.

While the practice has been around for many years, working out era for the various time zones in the States can still cause confusion, particularly this weekend, and especially as not all states observe Daylight Saving Time. Enter Google and its ‘time’ shortcut.

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Like many other shortcuts for Google, the time shortcut is an simple one to remember; simply type ‘time’ and you’ll get back results for the various time zones within your people. Want to check era in other regions? Just type ‘time people’ and if the people you are searching for spans several time zones, Google will give you a quick result.

According to GreenwichMeanTime.com, Daylight Saving Time for the U.S. and its territories is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the state of Arizona but for the Navajo Indian Reservation, which does observe.

As for an simple way to remember whether to place your clocks forward or back, just remember the ancient phrase “spring forward, fall back.”

In the United States, Daylight Saving Time will end the first Sunday in November.

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