Myth: Daylight Savings Time was started to help farmers.
Fact: It was started in WWI by the Kaiser's Imperial German Army to give them an extra hour of daylight and an early start on their enemies. Other combatants soon followed suit with the clock conga.
It should be cast into the dustbin of history where it belongs, along with trench warfare, mustard gas and spiked helmets.
I AGREE *yawn* wholeheartedly. you know it's bad when you wake up from a night's sleep and are told "wow, you look really tired! what time did you go to bed last night?" I looked in the mirror and got frightened of myself LOL it always takes me, like, a week to get my body used to it LOL
"Daylight Saving Time was first enacted in Germany in 1915, quickly followed by Britain and much of Europe and Canada."
"Several areas, including parts of Europe, Canada and the U.S., followed suit during the First World War. In most cases daylight saving ended with the armistice.
During the Second World War, a different form of daylight saving was reinstated by Britain and clocks were set two hours ahead of GMT during the summer. It was known as Double Summer Time. The saving didn't stop with the summer, as clocks were rolled back to be one hour ahead of GMT through the winter."
It was also reinstated on this side of the pond in WWII. In fact I remember my folks used to call it "War Time".
"Although standard time in time zones was instituted in the U.S. and Canada by the railroads in 1883, it was not established in U.S. law until the Act of March 19, 1918, sometimes called the Standard Time Act. The act also established daylight saving time, a contentious idea then. Daylight saving time was repealed in 1919, but standard time in time zones remained in law. Daylight time became a local matter. It was re-established nationally early in World War II, and was continuously observed from 9 February 1942 to 20 September 1945. After the war its use varied among states and localities. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 provided standardization in the dates of beginning and end of daylight time in the U.S. but allowed for local exemptions from its observance. The act provided that daylight time begin on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October, with the changeover to occur at 2 a.m. local time."
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Date: 2004-11-01 09:46 pm (UTC)Do away with it I say!
Myth: Daylight Savings Time was started to help farmers.
Fact: It was started in WWI by the Kaiser's Imperial German Army to give them an extra hour of daylight and an early start on their enemies. Other combatants soon followed suit with the clock conga.
It should be cast into the dustbin of history where it belongs, along with trench warfare, mustard gas and spiked helmets.
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Date: 2004-11-02 05:43 am (UTC)I say no more daylight svings time!!!
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Date: 2004-11-02 07:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 07:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 01:32 pm (UTC)From:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/daylightsavingtime/
"Daylight Saving Time was first enacted in Germany in 1915, quickly followed by Britain and much of Europe and Canada."
"Several areas, including parts of Europe, Canada and the U.S., followed suit during the First World War. In most cases daylight saving ended with the armistice.
During the Second World War, a different form of daylight saving was reinstated by Britain and clocks were set two hours ahead of GMT during the summer. It was known as Double Summer Time. The saving didn't stop with the summer, as clocks were rolled back to be one hour ahead of GMT through the winter."
It was also reinstated on this side of the pond in WWII.
In fact I remember my folks used to call it "War Time".
From
http://weather.wsmr.army.mil/daylight.htm
"Although standard time in time zones was instituted in the U.S. and Canada by the railroads in 1883, it was not established in U.S. law until the Act of March 19, 1918, sometimes called the Standard Time Act. The act also established daylight saving time, a contentious idea then. Daylight saving time was repealed in 1919, but standard time in time zones remained in law. Daylight time became a local matter. It was re-established nationally early in World War II, and was continuously observed from 9 February 1942 to 20 September 1945. After the war its use varied among states and localities. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 provided standardization in the dates of beginning and end of daylight time in the U.S. but allowed for local exemptions from its observance. The act provided that daylight time begin on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October, with the changeover to occur at 2 a.m. local time."