Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of setting clocks forward one hour in the spring and back in the fall.
Daylight Saving Time is a common practice that can be found in many countries around the world. However, it’s not always done for the same reasons. Here’s why we do Daylight Saving Time.
Why do we have Daylight Savings?
The first known time zone was introduced by Sir Sandford Fleming in 1879. The time zones were created to solve a problem with train schedules, which had been previously dependent on local solar time. By creating these zones, it allowed trains to travel across larger distances without having to reset their clocks.
This was an improvement from before, but there were still problems with this system as it didn’t account for seasonal changes like daylight savings or other factors that could affect solar time.
What is Daylight Savings?
In 1915, Germany and Austria introduced daylight savings time as a way to conserve energy during World War I and II when they would set their clocks ahead by an hour during summer months and back again when winter arrived.
How does Daylight Savings work?
There are two main types of DST:
- “Summer DST” : This is when clocks are set forward by one hour during summer months (typically between March and October). This is what most countries do.
- “Double Summertime” : This is when clocks are set forward by two hours during summer months (typically between March and October). This is used in some European countries such as Ireland or Italy where they have very long days during summertime.
