daylight saving

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of daylight saving

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

Making daylight saving time year-round in California would have children walking to school in the dark and would hardly give us more time in the sun, columnist George Skelton writes.

From Los Angeles Times