Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - It is that time of the year again as it is time to move the clocks forward for Daylight Saving Time. This is not just about the clocks though, it is a reminder about how important it is to stay safe and healthy.

Daylight Saving Time has arrived and the United States has moved their clocks one hour forward this past morning.

This takes place at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March each and every year, and then reverses on the first Sunday in November every year.

When this happens in March, you spring the clocks forward as a sign that Spring is here, meaning it is going to be lighter at night, and for much longer.

Many though in the communities around the U.S. are stressing that Daylight Saving Time should serve as a reminder to be safe and healthy.

In regards to being safe, it is very important for you to change the batteries in your smoke alarms each time you change the clocks either forward or back.

This is very important to your safety as smoke alarms greatly increase your chance of survival in the case of a home fire.

On top of that, Daylight Saving Time should serve as a big reminder to be healthy in regards to sleeping habits.

It is extremely important to get in a routine of good and sound sleep each night, and this gets difficult when people get out of rhythm with the clocks changing.

Being safe by changing the batteries in your fire alarm, and being healthy by getting into a good sleeping habit with the new change of the clocks are two reminders that Daylight Saving Time brings us, and ther are ones to remember each year.

The only two places in the U.S. where Daylight Saving Time is not observed is Hawaii and Arizona.