Why do we have Daylight Savings Time?

Googies

Benjamin Franklin invented it to conserve candles Apr 03 04, 12:37 PM

Linus_337

Further to Googies' answer, Benjamin Franklin was the first to propose the idea of adjusting the clocks, perhaps less than seriously, in an essay in 1784, but it was William Willett in 1907 who started the campaign to move the clocks forward for the lighter and warmer months. A modified version of his idea (an hour change in spring and autumn) was proposed in the House of Commons in the following year, but was rejected. It was not until World War I that the case became convincing. In 1916, the UK adopted "daylight saving time" through the Summer Time Act (1916) and the measure proved successful in reducing the demand for coal, despite farmers' objections. http://www.miketodd.net/other/bsthist.htm Apr 03 04, 1:29 PM

sequoianoir

Germany was obviously aware of the advantages. They put their clocks forward by 1 hour on May 1st 1916. Great Bitain followed on May 21st 1916. Apr 03 04, 3:55 PM

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