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The Ohio Clock in the U.S. Capitol being turned forward for the country's first daylight saving time on March 31, 1918 by the Senate sergeant at arms Charles Higgins.. Most of the United States observes daylight saving time (DST), the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour when there is longer daylight during the day, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.
Winter time is the practice of shifting the clock behind the standard time during winter months, usually −1 hour. It is a form of daylight saving time in which standard time is in effect during summer months, rather than the usual case where standard time is in effect during winter months. However, while summer time is widely applied, use of ...
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
Daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m. on Nov. 3, 2024, with clocks falling back one hour. For many people, this will mean one extra hour of sleep on the first weekend of the month.
Here's when clocks spring forward. The idea dates back to World War I, although some credit Benjamin Franklin for daylight saving time due to a satirical letter he wrote in 1784 stating: "Every ...
British clocks will revert to Greenwich Mean Time when they go back an hour this week for winter. ... The government later adopted his ideas in 1916 during World War I - a year after Willett died ...
Local decision, various dates 1945 Sun September 30 02:00: War Time ends 1944 War Time all year Arizona War Time not observed Sat January 1 02:00–Sat April 1 02:00 Arizona War Time ends Sat September 30 02:00 [17] 1943 War Time all year 1942 Mon February 9 02:00: War Time begins year round War Time Act 1920–41 Local decision, various dates 1919
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, the clocks will "fall back" an hour and millions of Americans will gain an extra hour of sleep. This event annually marks the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST).