Definitions for daylight saving time
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1. daylight saving timenoun

   An adjustment of the official time during summer to cause events to be scheduled during daylight hours.

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1. Daylight saving time

   Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typically by one hour) during warmer months so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in the spring ("spring forward"), and to set clocks back by one hour in the fall ("fall back") to return to standard time. As a result, there is one 23-hour day in early spring and one 25-hour day in the middle of autumn. The idea of aligning waking hours to daylight hours to conserve candles was first proposed in 1784 by U.S. polymath Benjamin Franklin. In a satirical letter to the editor of The Journal of Paris, Franklin suggested that waking up earlier in the summer would economize on candle usage; and calculated considerable savings. In 1895, New Zealand entomologist and astronomer George Hudson proposed the idea of changing clocks by two hours every spring to the Wellington Philosophical Society. In 1907, British resident William Willett presented the idea as a way to save energy. After some serious consideration, it was not implemented.In 1908, Port Arthur in Ontario, Canada, started using DST. Starting on April 30, 1916, the German Empire and Austria-Hungary each organized the first nationwide implementation in their jurisdictions. Many countries have used DST at various times since then, particularly since the 1970s energy crisis. DST is generally not observed near the Equator, where sunrise and sunset times do not vary enough to justify it. Some countries observe it only in some regions: for example, parts of Australia observe it, while other parts do not. Conversely, it is not observed at some places at high latitudes, because there are wide variations in sunrise and sunset times and a one-hour shift would relatively not make much difference. The United States observes it, except for the states of Hawaii and Arizona (within the latter, however, the Navajo Nation does observe it, conforming to federal practice). A minority of the world's population uses DST; Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean generally do not.

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1. Daylight saving time

   Daylight saving time —also summer time in British English— is the practice of advancing clocks during the lighter months so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. The modern idea of daylight saving was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson and it was first implemented during the First World War. Many countries have used it at various times since then. Much of the United States used DST in the 1950s and 1960s, and DST use expanded following the 1970s energy crisis and has been widely used in North America and Europe since then. The practice has been both praised and criticized. Adding daylight to evenings benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, but can cause problems for evening entertainment and other occupations tied to the sun. Although an early goal of DST was to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting, modern heating and cooling usage patterns differ greatly, and research about how DST currently affects energy use is limited or contradictory.

How to pronounce daylight saving time?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say daylight saving time in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of daylight saving time in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of daylight saving time in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of daylight saving time in a Sentence

1. Marco Rubio:

   The call to end the antiquated practice of clock changing is gaining momentum throughout the nation, studies have shown many benefits of a year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is why the Florida legislature voted to make it permanent in 2018. I'm proud to reintroduce this bipartisan bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, and give our nation's families more stability throughout the year.

2. William Anthony.Naps:

   We figured this would be a good day to celebrate the importance of napping because everyone is one hour more sleep-deprived than usual, the fact is that the majority of Americans are sleep-deprived even without Daylight Saving Time.

3. Scott Yates:

   A lot of people prefer daylight saving time at the eastern end of time zones, mostly because it gets dark so early in the winter.

4. Natalie Dautovich:

   With Daylight Saving Time, we experience a desynchronization with the daylight cycle, the clock time, and our sleep-wake rhythm.

5. Christopher Barnes:

   There are 70 countries that practice daylight saving time, so you have millions of people suffering from sleep deprivation, we work and live in a culture that tries to cram in so much activity. Because of this, everything else suffers. I always tell my students that sleep makes everything better : your work, your life, your health and your relationships.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Daylight_Saving_Time
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_Saving_Time
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=daylight saving time