When and why did daylight saving time begin?
- In 1775, Benjamin Franklin raised the idea of getting up earlier to make better use of daylight and avoid nighttime burning of candles
- Around the turn of the 20th century, George Hudson of New Zealand and William Willett of England separately pitched summertime clock changes, each seeking an extra hour of sunlight for personal hobbies
- Daylight saving time wasn’t implemented until World War I, when countries on both sides of the conflict adopted it as a way of saving energy
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