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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.
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 ... typically by one hour around spring and summer, so that daylight ends at a later time of the ... 1950, 1967, 1974, 1976–1978, and 2008–2018.
On Sunday, clocks fell back an hour to end daylight saving time. Here are the dates, origin and history behind the Standard Time Act.
Whether you wake up early or go to bed late, Daylight Savings time affects everyone. Here is what to know.
Daylight saving time is coming. As you prepare for a time change or to 'fall back', learn more about the origins of this annual ritual. Daylight saving time: 10 interesting facts on why we set ...
Establishing either permanent standard or daylight saving time (DST) eliminates the practice of semi-annual clock changes, specifically the advancement of clocks by one hour from standard time to DST on the second Sunday in March (commonly called "spring forward") and the retraction of clocks by one hour from DST to standard time on the first Sunday in November ("fall back").
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.