Daylight Saving Time: Why We Change the Clocks

The Origins of Daylight Saving Time Twice each year, millions of people adjust their clocks as Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins or ends. Although many associate the idea with Benjamin Franklin, he merely joked about saving daylight in a satirical essay in 1784. The modern concept was proposed in 1895 by New Zealand entomologist George […]

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