Daylight Saving Time Extended Beginning in 2007
Hunters should adjust schedules
August 26, 2007
Hunters more than most folks are aware of when daylight saving time ends each fall—usually the end of October—because it affects when sunrise and sunset occurs. Authorized hunting hours adopted by the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission begin one-half hour before sunrise and end one-half hour after sunset each day. This year some hunters may be surprised to find that the Energy Policy Act of 2005 has affected the starting and ending dates of daylight saving time beginning this year. Daylight time began the second Sunday in March and will end the first Sunday in November this year—rather than the last Sunday in October when we are accustomed to "falling back" an hour.
Daylight saving time has been a contentious idea since 1918 when first established by the Standard Time Act. It was repealed in 1919 and became a local matter until early in World War II when it was observed again. In 1966 the Uniform Time Act established standard dates for the beginning and end of daylight time in the U.S.
The change in time is intended to allow the U.S. to use less energy in lighting homes by taking advantage of the longer and later daylight hours.
Hunters will also benefit from a little extra daylight, but they will want to make sure they adjust their clocks and abide by the sunrise and sunset tables in the FWP hunting regulations.
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
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