Daylight Saving Time
Did You Remember to Adjust Your Clocks?
According to a national survey conducted in the Spring of 2010 by Rasmussen Reports, 83% of people knew when to move their clocks, while 27% showed up an hour early or late at least once in their lives. Here’s hoping you showed up right on time today. The only confusion I encountered this morning was…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Guide to the Time Zone Clock – Part 1
Welcome to the Ultimate Guide to Sapling’s Time Zone Clock! Don’t know what a Time Zone Clock is or how it can help your facility? We’ve created this guide in order to introduce you to the Time Zone Clock, how it works and how it can help your facility. We split this post into a…
Read MoreThe Sapling Standard
At the heart of every Sapling synchronized clock system is a master clock. The master clock is an extremely advanced piece of technology that can accomplish many tasks within the system, such as automatically update clocks after a power outage and send numerical messages to digital clocks. The master clock can be configured by…
Read MoreDaylight Savings With Sapling
The idea for Daylight Saving Time first began with Benjamin Franklin. He is credited with conceiving Daylight Saving for the purpose of preserving energy. Although, it was not Franklin who first put his own idea into action. The emperor of Germany during World War 1, Kaiser Wilhelm II, first implemented Franklin’s idea of Daylight Saving…
Read MoreKeeping Facility Maintenance in Check
Facility management can become an enormous task for anyone. There are so many factors to consider when having to manage the equipment in a venue. Facility managers are associated with many different types of facilities, including schools, stadiums, convention centers, offices, shopping complexes, hospitals and many more. One of the major issues that facility managers…
Read MoreHappy National Clock Month
The month of October is National Clock Month and its one of our most favorite months here at The Sapling Company! The month is a time to celebrate clocks and to realize the impact that clocks have on our daily lives, which we can sometimes take for granted. In honor of National Clock Month, we…
Read MoreThe Brains of Sapling’s Clock Systems
The human brain is responsible for everything that we do. It is responsible for the decisions we make, our reasoning behind that decision, and then physically carrying out that decision. The human brain may possess the same general structure as other mammals, but is much larger relative to body size. The brain has control over…
Read MoreSapling in Amusement Parks
An amusement park is a place where large numbers of people gather to enjoy different attractions, rides, and even other special events. Amusement parks are located across the country, and people will travel all over the place to find their next thrill. Amusement parks play host to sometimes thousands of guests at once. This means…
Read MoreSapling Assisting Campus Security
Campus security at any college or university is a full time job. These individuals work around the clock to maintain a safer environment. Campus security is answering phone calls from distressed students, supervising student activities, and monitoring security cameras, among other things. A campus security team can function more efficiently with a synchronized clock system.…
Read MoreSapling to the Rescue
The Sapling Company travels all over the world to various trade shows in order to inform professionals, involved in various industries, about the value of synchronized time systems. The Pennsylvania based company sends representatives to a number of different places throughout the United States, Canada and UAE, just to name a few. Trips like these…
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