daylight saving time
noun
: time usually one hour ahead of standard time
called also daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, daylight time
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent year round. 
Grant Schulte, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2022 In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson followed the lead of European Allies and adopted daylight saving time as an effort to conserve energy with additional daylight hours during World War I. Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2022 Arizona observed daylight saving time in 1978 but an exemption statute was enacted one year later. Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2022 Here’s more to know on DST Not all states mark daylight saving time. Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 4 Mar. 2022 Until the Uniform Time Act of 1966 standardized daylight saving time, local governments had autonomy to set the local time. Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022 Until the Uniform Time Act of 1966 standardized daylight saving time, local governments had autonomy to set the local time. Erin Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2022 But there is less widespread agreement about whether to stick to daylight saving time or standard time all year ‘round. Dave Goldiner New York Daily News (tns), al, 26 July 2022 Under the measure, the shift to permanent daylight saving time would take effect next year. Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 See More
Grant Schulte, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2022 In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson followed the lead of European Allies and adopted daylight saving time as an effort to conserve energy with additional daylight hours during World War I. Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2022 Arizona observed daylight saving time in 1978 but an exemption statute was enacted one year later. Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2022 Here’s more to know on DST Not all states mark daylight saving time. Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 4 Mar. 2022 Until the Uniform Time Act of 1966 standardized daylight saving time, local governments had autonomy to set the local time. Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022 Until the Uniform Time Act of 1966 standardized daylight saving time, local governments had autonomy to set the local time. Erin Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2022 But there is less widespread agreement about whether to stick to daylight saving time or standard time all year ‘round. Dave Goldiner New York Daily News (tns), al, 26 July 2022 Under the measure, the shift to permanent daylight saving time would take effect next year. Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1908, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
daylight saving time
noun
: time usually one hour ahead of standard time