daylight savingn.

Brit.

/ˈdeɪlʌɪt ˌseɪvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌdeɪlaɪt ˈseɪvɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: daylight n., saving n.

Etymology: < daylight n. + saving n.

A method of securing longer evening daylight during the summer by setting the clocks ahead of standard time, typically by one hour; the period during which this is in force.Recorded earliest in attributive use (see Compounds 1).

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the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day

time1646

apparent time1694

local timea1703

Greenwich Mean Time1782

sun time1837

GMT1840

railway time1847

railroad time1849

Greenwich time1861

Eastern time1878

Pacific time1880

Universal Time1882

Eastern Standard Time1883

Mountain time1883

British Standard Time1908

daylight saving1908

zone time1908

LMT1909

British Summer Time1916

summertime1916

U.T.1929

B.S.T.1930

EST1935

British Double Summer Time1941

war time1942

B.D.S.T.1943

ephemeris time1950

1908Daylight Saving Bill. [see Compounds 1].

1908 Register (Adelaide) 27 June 11/6 (heading) Daylight saving seriously discussed.

1924 Punch 24 Sept. 338 Two more..weeks of daylight-saving.

1931 J. Galsworthy Maid in Waiting vi. 45 ‘Too early,’ said Sir Lawrence, ‘owing to Daylight Saving.’

1959 Times 24 Nov. 13/7 Is not daylight saving conducive of late retirement to bed and thus to sluggish rising?

2004 Wanderlust June 39/2 Arizona doesn't use daylight saving so stays at GMT−7 except, confusingly, for its Navajo regions.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as daylight saving bill, daylight saving legislation, etc.

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1908 Hansard 4th Ser. 184 155 Daylight Saving Bill... Mr. R. Pearce..in moving the Second Reading said that the object of the Bill was to promote the earlier use of daylight in the summer.

1916 G. Lee Diary 20 May in Home Fires Burning (2006) 168 I have just been fulfilling the new Daylight Saving Law. Tonight is the night that everybody in the British Isles has to advance their clocks by one hour, to save daylight, electric or gas-light, and also coal.

1971 Canberra Times 9 Oct. 3/2 State Parliament, after a rowdy debate, approved today introduction of daylight-saving legislation by 36 to 25.

2009 B. E. Cooper Ray Schalk xii. 121 The White Sox and Cubs planned to start all home games at 3 p.m., in deference to the newly instituted Daylight Saving program.

C2.

daylight saving time n. (also daylight savings time) time as adjusted during the summer to achieve longer evening daylight, by setting the clocks ahead of standard time, typically by one hour; the period during which this is in force; cf. summertime n. 2.In the United Kingdom this is more usually referred to as British Summer Time (see British Summer Time n. at British adj. and n. Compounds 2).

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1908 Law Times 11 July 261/1 This might be avoided if witnesses took the trouble to remember whether their watches were keeping Greenwich time or ‘daylight saving’ time.

1966 Flying May 28/2 Some people have their daily life cycle thrown off course just by a daylight savings time change.

1992 Chicago Jan. 22/2 The works were turned on when daylight-saving time began last October and will remain lighted until it ends in April.

2009 Honolulu Advertiser 14 Feb. (Hawaiʽi section) 3/2 Because Rome follows Daylight Saving Time, the time difference between Rome and Honolulu is now 11 hours.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	daylight saving
释义	daylight savingn. Brit. /ˈdeɪlʌɪt ˌseɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌdeɪlaɪt ˈseɪvɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: daylight n., saving n. Etymology: < daylight n. + saving n. A method of securing longer evening daylight during the summer by setting the clocks ahead of standard time, typically by one hour; the period during which this is in force.Recorded earliest in attributive use (see Compounds 1). ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day time1646 apparent time1694 local timea1703 Greenwich Mean Time1782 sun time1837 GMT1840 railway time1847 railroad time1849 Greenwich time1861 Eastern time1878 Pacific time1880 Universal Time1882 Eastern Standard Time1883 Mountain time1883 British Standard Time1908 daylight saving1908 zone time1908 LMT1909 British Summer Time1916 summertime1916 U.T.1929 B.S.T.1930 EST1935 British Double Summer Time1941 war time1942 B.D.S.T.1943 ephemeris time1950 1908Daylight Saving Bill. [see Compounds 1]. 1908 Register (Adelaide) 27 June 11/6 (heading) Daylight saving seriously discussed. 1924 Punch 24 Sept. 338 Two more..weeks of daylight-saving. 1931 J. Galsworthy Maid in Waiting vi. 45 ‘Too early,’ said Sir Lawrence, ‘owing to Daylight Saving.’ 1959 Times 24 Nov. 13/7 Is not daylight saving conducive of late retirement to bed and thus to sluggish rising? 2004 Wanderlust June 39/2 Arizona doesn't use daylight saving so stays at GMT−7 except, confusingly, for its Navajo regions. Compounds C1. General attributive, as daylight saving bill, daylight saving legislation, etc. ΚΠ 1908 Hansard 4th Ser. 184 155 Daylight Saving Bill... Mr. R. Pearce..in moving the Second Reading said that the object of the Bill was to promote the earlier use of daylight in the summer. 1916 G. Lee Diary 20 May in Home Fires Burning (2006) 168 I have just been fulfilling the new Daylight Saving Law. Tonight is the night that everybody in the British Isles has to advance their clocks by one hour, to save daylight, electric or gas-light, and also coal. 1971 Canberra Times 9 Oct. 3/2 State Parliament, after a rowdy debate, approved today introduction of daylight-saving legislation by 36 to 25. 2009 B. E. Cooper Ray Schalk xii. 121 The White Sox and Cubs planned to start all home games at 3 p.m., in deference to the newly instituted Daylight Saving program. C2. daylight saving time n. (also daylight savings time) time as adjusted during the summer to achieve longer evening daylight, by setting the clocks ahead of standard time, typically by one hour; the period during which this is in force; cf. summertime n. 2.In the United Kingdom this is more usually referred to as British Summer Time (see British Summer Time n. at British adj. and n. Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1908 Law Times 11 July 261/1 This might be avoided if witnesses took the trouble to remember whether their watches were keeping Greenwich time or ‘daylight saving’ time. 1966 Flying May 28/2 Some people have their daily life cycle thrown off course just by a daylight savings time change. 1992 Chicago Jan. 22/2 The works were turned on when daylight-saving time began last October and will remain lighted until it ends in April. 2009 Honolulu Advertiser 14 Feb. (Hawaiʽi section) 3/2 Because Rome follows Daylight Saving Time, the time difference between Rome and Honolulu is now 11 hours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908
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