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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 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.
The shift is the amount of time added at the DST start time and subtracted at the DST end time. For example, in Canada and the United States, when DST starts, the local time changes from 02:00 to 03:00, and when DST ends, the local time changes from 02:00 to 01:00. As the time change depends on the time zone, it does not occur simultaneously in ...
Daylight saving time for 2024 began at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, March 10, for "spring forward" and will end at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 3, for "fall back."
It's almost time to turn your clocks! Daylight Saving Time 2024 begins in March and ends in November. Here's why we change our clocks in the first place.
Daylight saving time for 2024 will be at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, March 10, when we "spring forward" or lose an hour. Candy makers' tale, sort of.
Daylight saving time in the Americas is the arrangement in the Americas by which clocks are advanced by one hour in spring and moved back in autumn, to make the most of seasonal daylight. The practice is widespread in North America, with most of Canada and the United States participating, but much less so in Central and South America.
On Sunday, March 9, most Americans will be changing their clocks by springing them forward an hour in observance of daylight saving time. Many lawmakers want to make it a permanent change.