daylight saving time begain in the united states on december 1, 1847.
daylight saving time begain in the united states on december 1, 1847.
when did daylight saving time begin in the united states?
december 1, 1847
daylight saving was first used in australia during world war i, and was applied in all states. it was used again during the second world war. a drought in tasmania in 1967 led to the reintroduction during the summer, and this was repeated every summer since. in 1971, new south wales, victoria, queensland, south australia, and the australian capital territory followed tasmania in observing daylight saving, western australia and the northern territory did not. queensland abandoned daylight saving time in 1972. originally tasmania alone commenced daylight saving on the first sunday in october, while the other states began on the last sunday in october and finished on the last sunday in march, until 2008 excepting in 2000 when all the states observing dst moved forward the commencement date to sunday, 27 august 2000 because of the sydney olympic games which commenced in mid-september. from 2008/09 daylight saving has been extended another four weeks in nsw, victoria, sa and the act, in addition to tasmania, from the first sunday in october to the first sunday in april.
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as explained by richard meade in the english journal of the (american) national council of teachers of english, the form "daylight savings time" (with an "s") was already in 1978 much more common than the older form "daylight saving time" in american english ("the change has been virtually accomplished"). nevertheless, even dictionaries such as merriam-webster's, american heritage, and oxford, which describe actual usage instead of prescribing outdated usage (and therefore also list the newer form), still list the older form first. this is because the older form is still very common in print and preferred by many editors. ("although "daylight saving time" is considered correct, "daylight savings time" (with an "s") is commonly used.") the first two words are sometimes hyphenated ("daylight-saving(s) time"). merriam-webster's also lists the forms daylight saving (without "time"), daylight savings (without "time"), and daylight time. the oxford dictionary of american usage and style explains the development and current situation as follows: "although the singular form "daylight saving time" is the original one, dating from the early 20th century—and is preferred by some usage critics—the plural form is now extremely common in ame. [...] the rise of "daylight savings time" appears to have resulted from the avoidance of a miscue: when "saving" is used, readers might puzzle momentarily over whether "saving" is a gerund (the saving of daylight) or a participle (the time for saving). [...] using "savings" as the adjective—as in "savings account" or "savings bond"—makes perfect sense. more than that, it ought to be accepted as the better form."
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