EDC PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

“WHERE EVERY DOCTOR COUNTS”

 

SPRING FORWARD

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FRIST THOUGHT OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WHILE VISITING PARIS.  “AN ECONOMICAL PROJECT FOR DIMINISHING THE COST OF LIGHT” WAS THE ARTICLE HE PUBLISHED TO INVOKE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIIME TO SAVE THE USE OF THE CANDLE BY GETTING UP EARLIER IN THE MORNING AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SUNLIGHT.  THIS WAS IN 1784.   HOWEVER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IS NOT THE FATHER OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. 

WILLIAM WILLETT WAS THE INVENTOR OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.  IN 1905 WILLIAM WILLETT SUGGESTED MOVING THE CLOCKS UP IN THE SPRING BY 20 MINUTES EVERY SUNDAY IN APRIL., AND THEN MOVING THEM BACK BY 20 EVERY SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER.  THE PURPOSE OF MOVING THE CLOCK FORWARD WAS TO HAVE DAYLIGHT IN THE MORNING AS WLL AND LIGHTER EVENINGS.   

THIS DAYLIGHT SAVINGS SPARKED ROBERT PEARCE TO INTRODUCE IT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMON S.  FEBURARY 1908 THE BILL WAS DRAFTED.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WAS ALSO USED IN THE GERMANY DURING WORLD WAR I IN ORDER TO SAVE FUEL.   THIS WAS ADOPTED AT 11:00 PM ON APRIL 30^TH 1916.  THE USA AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES FROM BOTH SIDES FOLLOWED.  POST WORLD WAR I MANY WENT BACK TO THE STANDARD TIME.  PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT CALLED DAY LIGHT SAVING TIME “ WAR TIME”  IN SEPTEMBER OF 1945 DAY LIGHT SAVINGS TIME  WAS FORCED 40 DAYS AFTER JAPAN BOMBED PEARL HARBOR.  THE TIMES ZONES THEN WERE CALLED “EASTERN WARTIME,” “CENTRAL WAR TIME,” AND PACIFICE WAR TIME.”  IN AUGUST OF 1945, THE TIME ZONES WERE THEN CALL “PEACE TIME.”

 BETWEEN 1945 AND 1966  THERE WAS MUCH CONFUSION OF BROADCASTING TIME AS WELL AS BUS AND TRAIN ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES AS THEY WERE FREE TO CHOOSE WHICH TIME ZONE THEY WOULD HONOR.   AT THIS TIME THE CONGRESS “UNIFORM TIME ACT OF 1966”  THIS GAVE US A SPECFIC DATE AND TIME TO SPRING FORWARD OR FALL BACK.  IT BEGAN THE LAST SUNDAY IN APRIL AND ENDED ON THE LAST SUNDAY OF OCTOBER. EACH STATE STILL HAS THE CHOICE TO BE EXEMPT FROM DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BY PASSING AN LOCAL ORDINANCE.  DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WAS ALSO USED TO HELP IN THE ENERGY CRISIS FOLLOWING THE EMBARGO OF OIL IN 1973.  DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS SAID TO HAVE SAVED AND THE ENERGY EQUAL OF 10,000 BARREL OF OIL EACH DAY.

SEVERAL COUNTRIES NOW USE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME AND AFFECTS OVER A BILLION PEOPLE EACH YEAR.   THE DATES TO SPRING FORWARD OR TO FALL BACK ARE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.   THE “ENGERY POLICY ACT OF 2005” EXTENDED OUR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BY ABOUT ONE MONTH.  DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME NOW STARTS ON THE SECOND SUNDAY OF MARCH AND ENDS ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN NOVEMBER.  THE ONLY STATES THAT DO NOT USE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ARE HAWAII, MOST OF ARIZONA, INCLUDES PARTS OF PUERTO RICO, US VIRGINS ISLANDS, AMERICAN SAMOA, AND GUAM.

DON’T FORGET TO SPRING FORWARD THIS COMING SUNDAY MARCH 10, 2013. 

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPRING FORWARD WITH YOUR MEDICAL BILLING GIVES A CALL.  WE CAN TAKE YOUR BILLING THAT HAS FALLEN BACK AND SPRING IT FORWARD SO YOU CAN RECEIVE WHAT IS DUE YOU. 

EDC Practice Management will create more Revenue, more Freedom and more Peace of Mind for your medical practice on a daily basis.

THE FLOWERS APPEAR ON THE EARTH; THE TIME OF THE SINGING BIRDS IS COME, AND THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE IS HEARD IN OUR LAND:  SONG OF SOLOMON 2:12