Turn clocks ahead one hour Sunday

Daylight saving time will begin at 2 a.m. Sunday.

Following the old saying ?Spring ahead; fall back,? all clocks should be turned ahead one hour.

Clocks can be reset at bedtime Saturday night, upon waking Sunday morning, or, for sticklers, at 2 a.m. Sunday.

A federal law, administered by the Transportation Department, specifies daylight saving time applies from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March until 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November in areas that do not specifically exempt themselves.

Before 2007, clocks were reset the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October. But in August of 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which changed the dates for daylight saving time in the U.S.

Officials from area fire departments remind residents smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector batteries should be checked and changed twice a year, and suggest the task be done in conjunction with semiannual changing of clocks.