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Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight

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Why are clocks set forward in the spring ? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight.

About 70 countries — about 40% of those across the globe — currently use daylight saving time.

The extra daylight gets people outdoors, exercising and having fun, an expert says.

Thunder Bay changed from the central time zone to the eastern time zone for the summer and fall in 1908 .

A citizen named John Hewitson argued that would afford an extra hour of daylight to enjoy the outdoors.

The next year , though, Port Arthur stayed on eastern time, while Fort William changed back to central time in the fall.