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About Daylight Saving Time - History, rationale, laws & dates Why do we have Daylight Saving Time? History from Benjamin Franklin to the present. U.S. law and practice. Worldwide time change dates. Daylight Saving Time. Just as sunflowers turn their heads to catch every sunbeam, so too have we discovered a simple way to get more from our sun. http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/ · 9.6k |
History & info - Daylight Saving Time idea from Benjamin Franklin The main purpose of Daylight Saving Time (called "Summer Time" many places in the world) is to make better use of daylight. The idea was first mentioned in a whimsical essay by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html · 21.0k |
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