daylight saving

Or daylight savings

noun

1. the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening.

Word History and Origins

Origin of daylight saving¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The current iteration of daylight saving time, extending from the second Sunday in March to the first in November, was established in 2005.

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When do the clocks change in the UK and why do we follow daylight saving time?

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Benjamin Franklin, the founding father and inventor, first proposed daylight saving in 1784.

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Only Parliament has the power to alter daylight saving times and there are currently no plans to do this in the UK.

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Regardless of whether you love it or hate it, daylight saving time is once again upon us.

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