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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Does every state observe daylight saving time?
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
In 2020, Wyoming enacted a law to observe daylight saving time permanently if three more western states — Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Utah — do the same.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
When does daylight saving time end in 2025?
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
Phoenix is seven hours behind UTC on Mountain Standard Time (Arizona does not observe daylight savings time), so the new moon there is at 11:06 p.m. Aug. 22.
—Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
In 2020, Wyoming enacted a law to observe daylight saving time permanently if three more western states — Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Utah — do the same.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
When does daylight saving time end in 2025?
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
Phoenix is seven hours behind UTC on Mountain Standard Time (Arizona does not observe daylight savings time), so the new moon there is at 11:06 p.m. Aug. 22.
—Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Daylight saving time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight%20saving%20time. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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