daylight saving time
noun
: time usually one hour ahead of standard time
called also daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, daylight time
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Polling suggests Americans favor Trump's idea of getting rid of daylight saving time.
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Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Feeling strange because clocks fell an hour back this weekend with the end of daylight savings time?
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
For most Americans, except for those in Arizona, Hawaii and a handful of other places, the end of daylight saving time means an extra hour of sleep that Sunday.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Nov. 2024
Hawaii is one of two U.S. states that opts out of daylight saving time, which is the other?
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Feeling strange because clocks fell an hour back this weekend with the end of daylight savings time?
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
For most Americans, except for those in Arizona, Hawaii and a handful of other places, the end of daylight saving time means an extra hour of sleep that Sunday.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Nov. 2024
Hawaii is one of two U.S. states that opts out of daylight saving time, which is the other?
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Daylight saving time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight%20saving%20time. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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