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daylight saving time
noun
: time usually one hour ahead of standard time
called also daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, daylight time
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Polling suggests Americans favor Trump's idea of getting rid of daylight saving time.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Feeling strange because clocks fell an hour back this weekend with the end of daylight savings time?
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
For most Americans, except for those in Arizona, Hawaii and a handful of other places, the end of daylight saving time means an extra hour of sleep that Sunday.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Nov. 2024
Hawaii is one of two U.S. states that opts out of daylight saving time, which is the other?
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1908, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of daylight saving time was
in 1908
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“Daylight saving time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight%20saving%20time. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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daylight saving time
noun
: time usually one hour ahead of standard time
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