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The real reasons for daylight saving are based on energy conservation and a desire to match daylight hours to the times when most people are awake. The idea dates back to...
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.
The current dates for when the US springs forward (the second Sunday of March) into daylight saving time or falls back (the first Sunday of November) to standard time are enshrined in federal law and were most recently changed in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Why was daylight saving time necessary at one point in time? It all started with World War I. Here's what to know. Where did DST come from?
Daylight saving time was first introduced in the United States in 1918 under the Standard Time Act as a measure to save on fuel costs during the First World War by adding an extra hour of...
So, why do we do this whole time shift, anyway? It turns out it’s way more complicated than you may think. Here’s what you need to know about “falling back” in November and “springing forward” next spring.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is used to save energy and make better use of daylight. It was first used in 1908 in Thunder Bay, Canada. One of the advantages of Daylight Savings is the long summer evenings. ©iStockphoto.com/Lacheev.
Daylight Saving Time was a way to save fuel and make the most of sunlight during World War I, but it stuck. Why do we spring forward and fall back with our clocks each year?
Daylight Saving Time has been legally enforced in the U.S. on-and-off since 1918, when congress passed the Standard Time Act Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday of November...
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a system to reduce electricity usage by extending daylight hours. For eight months out of the year, the US and dozens of other countries follow DST,...