Karatu sunayen lokaci, wanda aka fi sani da daylight saving time, ya kai ga ƙarshen sa a Amurka. A ranar Lahadi, Novemba 3, 2024, sa’o’i 2 safe agogon zuwa baya, lokaci zai canza daga daylight saving time zuwa lokacin daidai.
Canza lokacin zai ba da sa’a ɗaya zaɓi ga mutane, amma hakan kuma zai sa lokacin rana ya canza sosai. A yankin Chicago, misali, lokacin rana ya ranar Satumba 2 zai kasance da sa’a 5:42 pm, amma ranar Lahadi, Novemba 3, lokacin rana zai kasance da sa’a 4:41 pm, wanda ya fi kowa da minti 61.
Lokacin daylight saving time ya fara a ranar Lahadi ta biyu a watan Maris, kuma ya ƙare a ranar Lahadi ta farko a watan Nuwamba, a ƙarƙashin doka ta tarayya. Canza lokacin ya fara a Amurka a shekarar 1918, amma an soke shi bayan Yaƙin Duniya na I. An kuma fara amfani da shi a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, kuma daga bisani ya zama doka ta tarayya a shekarar 1966.
Ba kamar yadda wasu ke zarginsa da Benjamin Franklin, tun da ya rubuta makala a shekarar 1784 game da ajiye shanu, amma hakan ya kasance niyyar nishadi ce. George Hudson, wani entomologist daga New Zealand, ne wanda aka ce ya gabatar da ra’ayin canza lokaci don samun lokacin rana fiye a yammaci.
Jihohi kama Hawaii da Arizona (baya ga wasu al’ummomin Native American) ba sa biyan canza lokacin daylight saving time. Kungiyar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Jihohi ta Amurka ta ce cewa akwai shawarwari da dama don yin canza lokacin daylight saving time na dindin, amma har yanzu ba a aiwatar da su ba).
