daylight saving time
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day·light sav·ing time
(also day·light sav·ings time)
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n.
time as adjusted to achieve longer evening daylight, esp. in summer, by setting the clocks an hour ahead of the standard time.
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THE HISTORY OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIMES AND CHANGES THIS YEAR
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/18/2007; 560 words
; ...their clocks forward in April for Daylight Savings Time (DST) and returning them back...that people are awake during the daylight hours, thereby reducing the use...advocates say that by increasing Daylight Savings Time by 28 days, the...
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Police computers easily
sort daylight saving times
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Newspaper article from: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand); 2/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...the change from New Zealand daylight saving time to NZ standard time when the clocks go back one...The police need to record the time of events accurately and unambiguously...I can think of is to record times before the changeover as belonging...
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New Daylight Savings times could wreak computer havoc
Magazine article from: Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...this act is to extend Daylight Saving Time (DST) by approximately...the actual appointment time until the automatic change...appointment will be on time until the next automatic...the actual appointment time. Luckily, this confusing...end users to verify the times of any ...
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EXTENDING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME TO SAVE ENERGY:LINDA L. LAWSON FEDERAL DOCUMENT CLEARING HOUSE, INC.
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 5/24/2001; 700+ words
; ...State observes daylight saving time, it is the equivalent of moving one time zone to the east...States observed Daylight Saving Time during World...observance many times. Because of the...adopted the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The...
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The Story Of Daylight Saving Time
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 3/6/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...wouldn't have daylight saving time; the neighboring...daylight saving time and some didn...the watch seven times. (Soundbite of...book "Seize the Daylight: The Curious and...Story of Daylight Saving Time." Mr. Prerau...
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Curious how daylight-saving time began?
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 10/29/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...instituted mandatory year-round daylight-saving time. It was known simply as "War Time." But after the war, many...measure and daylight-saving time became optional again. Farmers...checkerboard system of local times, they often had to publish...
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EXTENDING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME TO SAVE ENERGY:ROSCOE BARTLETT FEDERAL DOCUMENT CLEARING HOUSE, INC.
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 5/24/2001; 700+ words
; ...investigate to what extent Daylight Savings Time energy savings may...Savings as an energy saving measure in World...what overall energy savings might be anticipated today. Daylight Savings has a long history as energy-saving strategy in wartime...
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EARLY DAYLIGHT-SAVING TIME CONSERVES ENERGY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...following news release: Daylight-saving time is coming early...Policy Act, daylight-saving time will begin in most of...each day of daylight savings. The study from 1974...observance of daylight-saving times saved approximately...
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Daylight-Saving Time Issue in Ind. Race
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/3/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...of Indiana should observe daylight-saving time has the candidates trying...favors statewide observance of daylight-saving time, with "as much of the state...Democratic Gov. Joe Kernan backs daylight-saving time, but he has not specified...
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Japan ticks toward daylight-saving time, despite fears of confusion
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/28/2002; ; 686 words
; ...expected daylight-saving time would have, the top...outside _ it's a waste of time, says Taikan Oki, a...Tokyo University. If daylight-saving were adopted, he says...convinced. It's called 'savings' time, yet getting...lights, where's the saving in that? wrote ...
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Daylight Saving Time
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Daylight Saving Time Another name for Summer Time .
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daylight saving time
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
day·light sav·ing time (also day·light sav·ings time ) • n. time as adjusted to achieve longer evening daylight, esp. in summer, by setting the clocks an hour ahead of the standard time.
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daylight
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...under cover of darkness). daylight saving the achieving of longer evening daylight, especially in summer...hour ahead of the standard time; the originator of the system...x2013;1915). The first Daylight Saving Bill was introduced...
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summer time
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
summer time ( daylight saving scheme ) System by which clocks in Britain are kept one hour ahead of GMT (Greenwich mean time) throughout the summer. Some other countries have similar daylight saving schemes.
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Mountain time
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Moun·tain time the standard time in a zone including parts of the US and Canada...behind GMT. ∎ ( Mountain Daylight Time abbrev.: MDT ) Mountain time during daylight saving time, eight hours behind GMT.
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