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Daylight Savings Time
Daylight Saving Time around the world by Susan Klatz Beal Daylight Savings Time is observed by more than 70 different countries around the world, affecting more than a billion people across the earth. It does not affect GMT or Greenwich Mean Time which is the universal time zone of the world and what the m... More> The drawbacks of Daylight Saving Time by Leann Zotis Many people look forward to the "time change" when Daylight Saving Time comes around each year because it heralds in the promise of spring. The media is full of encouraging information about the benefits derived from Daylight Saving Time. ... More>
	Daylight Saving Time explained by Steven Mars Daylight Saving Time started during World War 1 when the United States moved the clocks ahead one hour to save energy because of the extra hour of sunlight. It was stopped after World War 1 until the beginning of World War 2. It was stopped again af... More> The politics behind Daylight Saving Time by Cindy Kessler Daylight Savings Time was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin while serving as an American delegate in Paris in 1784. The purpose was to make better use of daylight. Daylight Savings Time gives us the ability to enjoy summer evenings by moving our ... More>
The health effects of Daylight Saving Time by B. Stone Daylight Saving Time, or "Summer Time", started out as the genius spark of common sense. It is based on the musings of Benjamin Franklin, a man made famous by his penchant for efficiency. While in Paris, Franklin discovered that the Parisians would ... More> Daylight Saving Time's potential to save energy by Leann Zotis Ask almost anyone what the reason is behind Daylight Saving Time and a likely response will be that the practice saves energy. It has been a long held belief that one of the major motivational factors behind the establishment of Daylight Saving Time... More>
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