daylight saving

Or daylight savings

noun

the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of daylight saving¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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Benjamin Franklin, the founding father and inventor, first proposed daylight saving in 1784.

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Only Parliament has the power to alter daylight saving times and there are currently no plans to do this in the UK.

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Regardless of whether you love it or hate it, daylight saving time is once again upon us.

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Yes, that’s right, daylight saving is ending and darkness is coming.

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The Scottish Baronial-style clock tower was manually changed for daylight savings before it was automated in 2014 - just a few months after Brian took the job of looking after the clock.

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