daylight savings


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Noun1.daylight savings - time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard timedaylight savings - time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings
time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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If Britain continues with daylight savings after 2021, that would mean for at least half the year Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would be in different time zones.
They agreed to have the holiday on the Monday after Daylight Savings Time since they thought the Americans needed a nap after having lost an hour due to DST.
Proponents of daylight saving say longer evening daylight hours in the summer help save energy and bolster productivity.
Daylight savings time was used in the Czechoslovak Republic between 1916 and 1918 and again between 1940 and 1949.
Due to daylight savings from April 1, the outbound service EK417 will depart Sydney 16:15, arriving the same time the following day.
Note that no county in Asia east of Iran uses Daylight Savings Time; it is a foreign concept in that part of the world.
THE PERFECT SLEEP ENVIRONMENT Since daylight savings is something that is out of your control, make sure the things you can control, such as your bedroom environment, are perfect.
Daylight Savings Time - DST - also known as Summer Time - has the ultimate goal of saving energy.
If you are in the U.S and in a state that observes Daylight Savings time (DST), the clocks were moved one hour ahead on March 13.