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Daylight saving time

Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to (in theory) make better use of the longer daylight available during summer by having darkness fall at a later clock time. The typical…

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Daylight saving time

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related to Terminology · 26
Daylight saving time → Although, American, American English, American Heritage, American Usage, As, Dutch, English, English Journal, Finnish, French, German, In Britain, Merriam-Webster's, National Council, Nevertheless, Oxford, Richard Meade, Sommerzeit, Spanish
related to External links · 18
Daylight saving time → Archived, Changing Times Around, Current Daylight Saving Time, Daylight Saving Time Archived, DST, February, ITUSources, Legal Time, March, Rules, ServiceInformation, Standards, Technology, Telecommunications Standardization Bureau, US National Institute, Wayback Machine, Wayback Machine Congressional Research, World
has effect · 9
Daylight saving time → Advocates, Although, DST, Electricity, In, Later, Nevertheless, Opponents, Proponents
related to Procedure · 8
Daylight saving time → CEST, For, GMT, In, Lord Howe Island, Notable, The, Troll
see also · 8
Daylight saving time → AfricaDaylight, AmericasDaylight, Analysis, AsiaSummer, CanadaDaylight, EuropeDaylight, OceaniaWinter, United StatesDaylight
related to Variation within a time zone · 2
Daylight saving time → DST, The
is a · 1
Daylight saving time → original one
related to Opposition to clock changes · 1
Daylight saving time → Opposition

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time dst daylight saving standard clock summer permanent clocks change states many us united hours also first year one european

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Daylight saving timeis aoriginal one0.90text
prayerinstance ofFor religious Muslims and Jews it makes religious practices0.80text
fasting more difficult or inconvenientinstance ofFor religious Muslims and Jews it makes religious practices0.80text
heart attacksinstance ofand that the yearly DST clock-shifts can increase health risks0.80text
traffic accidents.A 2017 study in the American Economic Journalinstance ofand that the yearly DST clock-shifts can increase health risks0.80text
economicinstance ofthe authors caution that this work is from a circadian health perspective and that other factors should be considered in policy decisions0.80text
safety impacts of time policy.Effects on social relationsDST hurts prime-time television broadcast ratingsinstance ofthe authors caution that this work is from a circadian health perspective and that other factors should be considered in policy decisions0.80text
drive-insinstance ofthe authors caution that this work is from a circadian health perspective and that other factors should be considered in policy decisions0.80text
other theaters.Later sunsets from DST are thought to affect behaviorinstance ofthe authors caution that this work is from a circadian health perspective and that other factors should be considered in policy decisions0.80text
avoiding the sun within two hours of noon become less accurate when DST is in effectinstance ofsun-exposure guidelines0.80text
safety impacts of time policyinstance ofthe authors caution that this work is from a circadian health perspective and that other factors should be considered in policy decisions0.80text
golfinstance ofincreasing participation in after-school sports programs or outdoor afternoon sports0.80text

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