Energy Conservation Potential Of Extended And Double Daylight Saving Time

Witnesses: Brad Sherman (CA-24), U.S. House of Representatives; Linda Lawson, Acting Deputy Assist. Sec. for Policy, U.S. Dept. of Transportation (USDoT); James Benfield, Bracy Williams and Co., former Exec. Dir. of the Daylight Saving Coalition; William J. Keese, Chmn., California Energy Commission; and William R. Harris, Attorney. Opening Statements by Representatives Roscoe G. Bartlett (MDF-6), Chmn., Lynn Woolsey (CA-6), Ranking Member, Vernon Ehlers (MI-3), Member, and David Wu (OR-1), Member, Subcommittee on Energy, Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives. Includes: Effects of Daylight Saving Time on California Electricity Use."

One Time Fits All tells the story of the development, integration, and obstacles overcome in setting an the International Date Line, establishing the worldwide system of Standard Time zones, and adopting Daylight Saving Time—including their global impacts on how the general public keeps time today.