day′light sav′ing

(or sav′ings),

the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening.

[1905–10]

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daylight saving - time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings

daylight savings, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time

time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

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At the moment our clocks are operating on British Summer Time (or Daylight Saving Time), after going forward by one hour on 31 March at 1am.

When do the clocks go back in 2019? Why we change the clocks and where Daylight Saving Time comes from

Daylight Saving will begin at 03:00 on Sunday 31 March in Cyprus when the clocks go forward one hour, the Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry announced.

CYPRUS: Clocks go forward one hour on Sunday

The transition to daylight saving time each March means losing the extra hour of night we enjoyed when the clocks shifted back four months earlier, and it can take a while for sleep schedules to adjust.

Time's Running Out On Daylight Saving Shift

President Donald Trump on Monday offered his endorsement to a growing movement to adopt daylight saving time year-round, ending the century-old practice of semiannual clock adjustments in the United States.

Trump weighs in on daylight saving time

Half of all American parents say Daylight Saving Time (DST) affects their kids and more than one-quarter (29 percent) report it's more difficult to get children to sleep after the time change, according to a 2017 survey from the Better Sleep Council, the nonprofit consumer education arm of the International Sleep Products Association.

Sunday, March 10 marks start of Daylight Saving Time

Summary: Al Hashem highlights advantages of summer Daylight Saving Time

Kuwait MP calls for advancing clock by two hours

Daylight saving can be traced back to at least World War I, but wasn't established nationwide until the Uniform Time Act was passed in 1966 to save on energy costs.

Full-Time Daylight Delight?

It comes as the practice of daylight saving time comes under threat across Europe, with scientists and politicians becoming increasingly concerned about the impact it has on the human sleep cycle.

Cold snap brings end to British summer time

The FBiH Ministry of Labor and Social Policy announced today that the Law on Daylight Saving Time stipulates that daylight saving time ends on the last Sunday in October, with clocks being changed 60 minutes in reverse.

Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, October 28

MP Zakir Sharapov proposed to return daylight saving time practice in Kyrgyzstan during the parliament meeting on October 18.

MP asks to return daylight saving time practice in Kyrgyzstan