Seven things you don't know about Daylight-Saving Time
Loathed in the spring and welcomed in the fall, modern stressed-out Americans have a complicated relationship with the bi-annual time shift that is Daylight-Saving Time. It has been around since 1918, but it's still as misunderstood as ever. Here are seven facts about Daylight-Saving Time that may surprise you.
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No. 1: Blame war, not farmers for Daylight-Saving Time
No. 1: Blame war, not farmers for Daylight-Saving Time
On March 19, 1918, Congress finally passed the Standard Time Act, and at the same time placed the country on daylight-saving time. Many have thought that daylight-saving time was designed to give farmers extra time to work in their fields and that it was an aid to productivity, especially during wartime. Actually, daylight-saving time was created to save energy in both World War I and II. |
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