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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Hawaii is the other state that does not observe daylight saving time.
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Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Ohio didn't begin observing daylight savings time until 1970, though.
—Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Which States Don’t Recognize Daylight Saving Time? Only two states—Arizona and Hawaii—have successfully passed laws at the state level to stop observing daylight saving time altogether.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
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Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Ohio didn't begin observing daylight savings time until 1970, though.
—Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Which States Don’t Recognize Daylight Saving Time? Only two states—Arizona and Hawaii—have successfully passed laws at the state level to stop observing daylight saving time altogether.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Daylight saving time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight%20saving%20time. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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