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Daylight Saving Time
Mar 19, 2025 ·
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Daylight Saving Time
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We all just endured slogging through yet another ritual of the mysterious tradition of "daylight saving time." This unloved, uniquely bitartisan practice has been excused as energy savings or just...
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We all just endured slogging through yet another ritual of the mysterious tradition of "daylight saving time." This unloved, uniquely bitartisan practice has been excused as energy savings or just fun. You might be surprised at how recent this actually is to be so firmly established throughout all of our society's systems and even across continents. Learn about where daylight saving time comes from and how it affects us psychologically.
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Links and References:
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daylight-saving-time-health/#:~:text=A%20brief%20history%20of%20daylight,the%20need%20for%20electric%20lighting.
- https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/history.html
- https://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/daylight_time
- https://www.bts.gov/explore-topics-and-geography/geography/geospatial-portal/history-time-zones-and-daylight-saving
- https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2022/11/07/history-daylight-saving-time
- https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2017/03/world-war-i-and-daylight-savings-time/
- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160310-the-builder-who-changed-how-the-world-keeps-time
- https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/a-bugologist-and-a-golfer-sparked-the-push-for-daylight-saving-time#:~:text=George%20Hudson%20wanted%20more%20sunshine,fall%20time%20skirmishes%20ever%20since.
- https://www.timeanddate.com/time/europe/daylight-saving-history.html
- https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-70s-people-hated-it/
- https://news.gallup.com/poll/657584/half-daylight-saving-time-sunsetted.aspx
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167268114000821?via%3Dihub
- https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/daylight-saving-time-fall-back-origin-story-farmers-energy-conservation/#:~:text=But%20the%20farmers%20didn't,Farm%20Operations%20Manager%20Jay%20Mofenson.
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