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  2. Daylight saving time - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Daylight saving time in the United States - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Not All Americans Enjoy the Switch to Daylight Saving Time - AOL

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    It's the time of year that many Americans eagerly anticipate. No, it's not college basketball's March Madness -- or even the coming of spring. It's the return of daylight saving time, when most ...

  5. When is Daylight Savings 2011? - AOL

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    Alamy Daylight saving time is coming back to the United States on Sunday, March 13, when clocks in the four time zones of the contiguous U.S. (Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific) will jump one ...

  6. Daylight saving time by country - Wikipedia

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    Daylight saving time (DST), also known as summer time, is the practice of advancing clocks during part of the year, typically by one hour around spring and summer, so that daylight ends at a later time of the day.

  7. Daylight saving time has ended. What to know about 'falling ...

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    Daylight saving time, a contested idea after it was first passed, was quickly repealed in 1919, becoming a local matter. It was re-enacted during the early days of World War II and was observed ...

  8. Daylight saving time in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Barbados in the western Atlantic no longer observes Daylight Saving Time, like many Caribbean nations. The last observance of a daylight saving-related time clock adjustment was between Sunday, 20 April 1980 at 02:00 and Thursday, 25 September 1980 at 02:00. On 25 September the clock was shifted from -3:00 to -4:00, where it has remained since.

  9. Why the US kept Daylight Saving Time - AOL

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    Daylight Saving Time was a way to save fuel and make the most of sunlight during World War I, but it has stuck around. Why do we spring forward and fall back with our clocks each year? Daylight ...