How is changing the date to switch to daylight saving time going to help save energy?

We are springing forward; example 5am will be 6am. It鈥檚 still going to be dark so the lights will be on because the sun does not rise in most places until 7am which will be 8am and most people are already out of their houses to work or school.

And the way the weather is this late in February we should still expect the cold in March, so we will still be heating up homes and buildings
How is changing the date to switch to daylight saving time going to help save energy?
I agree, it's senseless.
How is changing the date to switch to daylight saving time going to help save energy?
If we do not make this change, then at 5:00 a.m. the sun rises when people are mostly asleep. Then at 5:00 p.m. the sun sets and then we turn on all these lights. If we set the clock ahead one hour, then every head light, and porch light, and parking lot light would be on for one less hour a day.

That would be a lot of energy.
The time change is very important, if we didn't change then children would be going to school in the dark or coming home when it is dark. Some states do not change their times. During the summer we save on electricity due to the fact it stays light until almost 9:00pm. It is the way it is interpreted to others and some enjoy the change and some don't. It does take getting used to when we do change times, but there are always the good with the bad.