1776 started daylight savings in the united states.
1776 started daylight savings in the united states.
who started daylight savings in the united states?
1776
many people believe that daylight savings time was first created for agricultural or inter-state commerce purposes, but it was really started by germany and france during world war i in an effort to save coal by reducing energy consumption with a longer day. today, the reality is that this reduction in energy consumption benefit is needed just as much if not more during the winter months than the summer months. in 2018, the european commission performed a public survey and discovered that 84 percent of european citizens were in favor of discontinuing daylight savings time switches. the commission then proposed ending daylight saving time changes as early as this 2019. however, the conclusion of the european commission report only indicated that member states should decide whether to use their current standard-time during winter months or select a different standard-time that aligns to their current summer month's time which would equate to remaining on daylight-savings time year round.
list of states passing full-year daylight savings time
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such as merriam-webster's, american heritage, and oxford, which describe actual usage instead of prescribing outdated usage (and therefore also list the newer form), still list the older form first.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."
daylight saving time