How to Use daylight saving time in a Sentence

daylight saving time

noun
  • Are there states that would like to dump daylight saving time?
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Hawaii is the other state that does not observe daylight saving time.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The autumn equinox has already passed, and daylight saving time will end in a few weeks.
    John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Property tax bills, sunblock, daylight saving time just don’t make the cut.
    BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • United States federal law allows states to opt out of daylight saving time in favor of year-round standard time.
    Jen Smith, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The argument surrounding daylight saving time is rearing its ugly head again.
    Abigail Rosenthal, Houston Chronicle, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Some sports, such as golf or field hockey, wouldn’t be able to play in the fall because of daylight saving time ending in early November.
    Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Most of Arizona, which is in the Mountain Time Zone, does not observe daylight saving time.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
  • As of 2024, most of the United States observes daylight saving time, but there are exceptions.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Some of political issues most important to him, such as abolishing daylight saving time, don’t come up much in mainstream politics.
    Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2020
  • When players play and the suits stop talking, the game wins (unless, of course, Astros start taking fastballs to the back and ribs before daylight saving time actually begins).
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • And then there’s wishy-washy Arizona, which splits the year between Mountain and Pacific thanks to its refusal to participate in daylight saving time.
    Kyle Paoletta, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2020
  • What to know:Get ready for the end of daylight saving time.
    Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The end of daylight saving time is about 10 weeks away.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 28 Aug. 2023
  • When is daylight saving time 2023?:Here's what to know about the time change in March.
    Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The start of springtime means longer days with the sun, thanks to daylight saving time.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2024
  • With the end of daylight saving time, the sun sets between 5 p.m. and 5:05 p.m. across the region.
    Molly Robey, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023
  • This year, daylight saving time will come to an end on Nov. 7 at 2 a.m.
    Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Here’s more to know on DST Not all states mark daylight saving time.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 4 Mar. 2022
  • One hour of sleep is gained when daylight saving time ends.
    Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Most of the United States spends 34 weeks on daylight saving time.
    Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Sunset time across the DMV is right around 7:15 p.m., on this first day of daylight saving time.
    Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Have any states have done away with daylight saving time?
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The clock is running out once more for daylight saving time.
    Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Time change:When does daylight saving time start this year?
    Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Which ones are trying to get rid of daylight saving time?
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Outside of the United States, most of the world doesn't observe daylight saving time.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • What about the law that was passed to make daylight saving time permanent?
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The end of daylight saving time is a month away, and that means Texans are a mere four weeks away from an extra hour of sleep.
    Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Oct. 2021
  • But first, this just in: 🚨 Could daylight saving time become the only time?
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022

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