Plan ahead - daylight savings time begins this weekend

Daylight Saving Time (United States) 2015 begins at 2:00am on Sunday, March 8.

Days of note in March:

• 8 - Daylight Savings Time begins at 2am

• 14 - pi day. According to Pi Day.org, "Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159."You may observe a moment of contemplation - or try to recite pi to the 103 digit, on Saturday, March 14, at 1:59pm - 3.14 1:59

• 15 - the Ides of March, "notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. The death of Caesar made the Ides of March a turning point in Roman history, as one of the events that marked the transition from the historical period known as the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire." (Wikipedia)

• 16 - St. Urho's day. Don't forget to toast your glass of wine to St Urho on March 16th! St. Urho drove away grasshoppers from Finland using the incantation "Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen!" ("Grasshopper, grasshopper, go from hence to Hell!"), thus saving the Finnish grape crops! (Wikipedia) (thanks to a reader for this one!)

• 17 - St. Patrick's Day. "a cultural and religious celebration occurring annually on 17 March, the death date of the most commonly-recognised patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461)." (Wikipedia)

• 20 - First day of Spring - the astronomical March equinox (varying between 19 and 21 March) is taken to mark the first day of spring (Wikipedia)

• 29 - Palm Sunday -a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter.

Updated 03-05-2015 8:22pm