daylight savings
- a variation of daylight saving.
Example Sentences
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The Scottish Baronial-style clock tower was manually changed for daylight savings before it was automated in 2014 - just a few months after Brian took the job of looking after the clock.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
“With daylight savings coming to an end, what people really need to be focused on is their driving now in the afternoon when it’s darker earlier,” and when they may be feeling drowsy, she said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
Mikati triggered widespread anger when he decided last Thursday not to start daylight savings time over the last weekend of March but instead to roll clocks forward an hour on April 20.
From Reuters ● Mar. 27, 2023
As the show headed into its third hour, with many categories still to go, Kimmel cracked that the hour just lost to daylight savings had been added back into the telecast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
On Saturday, March 30th, wrist watches were turned to 11 o'clock when taps sounded, ushering in the daylight savings scheme that routed the boys out for reveille during the wee dark hours of the morning.
From The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces by Bachman, William Elmer
