Difference between revisions of "Definition: Daylight saving time" - New World Encyclopedia

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Alternative forms

daylight-saving time
daylight savings time
daylight saving, daylight savings
daylight time

Noun

daylight saving time (countable and uncountable, plural daylight saving times)

The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.

Usage notes

The form daylight-saving time, with a hyphen, is best grammatically; the phrase "daylight-saving" acts as an adjective describing time.

Daylight Saving Time, without the hyphen, is the official name in the United States.

Synonyms

summer time UK

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-'''[[daylight]] [[saving]] [[time]]'''
+==Alternative forms==
+*daylight-saving time
+*daylight savings time
+*daylight saving, daylight savings
+*daylight time
-# An adjustment of the [[official time]] during [[summer]] to cause events to be [[schedule]]d during daylight hours.
+==Noun==
-#* '''2005:''' ''answers.firstgov.gov'' -- '''Daylight Saving Time''' is a change in the standard time of each time zone. ... The American law by which we turn our clock forward in the spring and back in the fall is known as the Uniform Time Act of 1966.  The law does not require that anyone observe '''Daylight Saving Time'''; all the law requires is that if we are going to observe '''Daylight Saving Time''', it must be done uniformly. [http://answers.firstgov.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=6880]
+'''daylight saving time''' (countable and uncountable, plural '''daylight saving times''')
+# The practice in some places of adjusting [[clock]]s forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the [[time]] to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the [[sun]] over the course of the [[day]].
-====Synonyms====
+==Usage notes==
-* [[summer time]] ''UK''
+The form '''daylight-saving time''', with a hyphen, is best grammatically; the phrase "daylight-saving" acts as an adjective describing time.
+'''Daylight Saving Time''', without the hyphen, is the official name in the [[United States]].
+==Synonyms==
+* [[summer time]] ''[[UK]]''
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