❓ why
Why do we have daylight saving time?
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Quick Answer
Clocks move forward in summer to shift daylight into the evening, first adopted widely to save fuel during World War I.
The Full Story
New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson proposed a seasonal time shift in 1895, and British builder William Willett campaigned for it from 1907. Germany became the first country to introduce it nationally on 30 April 1916 to conserve coal during the war. Many countries followed. Today, energy savings are debated, and only about a third of countries still use it.
Key Facts
1.Benjamin Franklin's 1784 essay about Parisians waking earlier was satire, not a proposal for DST.
2.Most of Asia and Africa do not use daylight saving time.
3.The EU voted in 2019 to end clock changes, but it has not been implemented.
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Suggested video title for this topic:
"Why We Change the Clocks Twice a Year"