WE CAN BLAME IT ON THE CANADIANS!!!
But a Kiwi scientist was one of the earliest proponents. https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/history.html

In the US DST was originally enacted as a way to save energy by cutting back on the number of hours of artificial lighting during WW1. In WW2 it was enacted year round. http://time.com/3695333/daylight-saving-time-wwii/.

DST has been a contentious issue all over the world from the very beginning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time. Energy savings today by using DST are insignificant!

For once our disagreements here are just plain normal!