Daylight Savings Time
Notes de l’épisode
Daylight Saving Time is the act of moving our clocks forward every spring - thus giving everyone more daylight later in the day. It infuriates some people. And every six months, it causes more debate than a presidential election. But why do we have Daylight Saving Time? Today is a look at the history of the concept - and dispelling the myths surrounding it.
Sources
https://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7205184/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saving_Daylight_-_Save_1,000,000_tons_of_coal_NMAH-AC0433-0000103.jpg - and Andrey Grushnikov - https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-and-white-photo-of-clocks-707676/
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