Did You Know This

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Did you know that Daylight Saving Time was first used by Germany and Austria in 1916?

Did you know that daylight saving times are
                                                                             Sunday ,
March 12
                                                                                  and ends at 2:00 AM on

                                                                                              Sunday,
November 5?

Did you know what is DST, it is Daylight Saving Time?

Did you know that Daylight Saving Time is a seasonal time change measure where clocks are set ahead of standard time during part of the year, usually by 1 hour?


Did you know that Daylight Saving Time helps about 40% of countries worldwide use it to make better use of daylight and to conserve energy?


Did you know that Daylight Saving Time was first used by Germany and Austria  in 1916?

Did you know that Daylight Saving Time little-known fact that a few hundred Canadians beat the German Empire by 8 years. On July 1, 1908, the residents of Port Arthur, Ontario, today's Thunder Bay, turned their clocks forward by 1 hour to start the world's first DST period?


Did you know that Daylight Saving Time idea did not catch on globally until Germany introduced DST in 1916?
George Vernon

William Willett
Did you know that Daylight Saving Time idea came from  New
Zealand scientist George Vernon
Hudson and British builder William Willett?

Did you know that Daylight Saving Time idea in 1895, was proposed as a 2-hour shift forward in October and a 2-hour shift back in March?

Robert Pearce
Did you know that Willett’s Daylight Saving plan caught the attention of the British Member of Parliament Robert Pearce who introduced a bill to the House of Commons in February 1908?

Did you know that the first Daylight Saving Bill was drafted in 1909?

Did you know that Daylight Saving Time was presented to Parliament several times and examined by a select committee. However, the idea was opposed by many, especially farmers, so the bill was never made into a law?

Did you know that Willett died in 1915, the year before the United Kingdom started using Daylight Saving Time in May 1916?

Benjamin Franklin
Did you know that Daylight Saving Time was first suggested by Benjamin Franklin as seasonal time change?

Did you know that Daylight Saving Time has only been used for about 100 years, although ancient civilizations are known to have engaged in comparable practices thousands of years ago?

Did you know that Daylight Saving Time is now used in over 70 countries worldwide and affects over 1 billion people every year? 




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