We are a nation obsessed with time management, and this concept will come to life this weekend. As we roll the clocks forward one hour for Daylight Saving Time, which officially takes effect at 2 a.m. on Sunday, that precious hour will disappear forever.

The history of Daylight Saving Time is as follows … founding father Benjamin Franklin first thought of this innovation — the bane of the sleep-deprived student’s existence — but it wasn’t instituted in America until March 31, 1918. It was repealed the next year.

What could we have done with that lost hour, and what are the consequences (and there are many of them) of losing this hour? Let’s take a look at the ripple effects of this time-honored tradition.