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The Annoying Reason You Have to Change Your Clock for Daylight Saving Time

Posted on March 11, 2019 by johnbarleycorn12

Why do we have daylight saving time? Many people think that it was originally invented to give American farmers more daylight during harvest, but that’s actually not true. It all had to do with war — World War I, to be exact.

— Read on curiosity.com/topics/the-annoying-reason-you-have-to-change-your-clock-for-daylight-saving-time-curiosity

100 Years Later, The Madness Of Daylight Saving Time Endures

Posted on November 11, 2018 by johnbarleycorn12

from The Conversation– this post authored by Michael Downing, Tufts University
— Read on econintersect.com/pages/opinion/opinion.php

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