daylight saving time

noun

: time usually one hour ahead of standard time

called also daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, daylight time

Examples of daylight saving time in a Sentence

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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 See all Example Sentences for daylight saving time 

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

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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 24 Dec. 2024.

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daylight saving time

noun
: time usually one hour ahead of standard time

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