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Hey Folks...
Daylight Savings Time Starts Sunday, March 13
Benjamin Franklin conceived the idea of daylight savings time while he was a delegate in Paris in 1784. Modern DST was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson, New Zealand entomologist and astronomer, who became aware of the value of after-hours daylight. In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society that proposed a two-hour daylight-saving shift. Starting on April 30, 1916, Germany and its World War I allies were the first to use DST as a way to conserve coal during wartime. United States adopted daylight savings time in 1918.
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Modern DST was first proposed
Submitted by sam01 (not verified) on Mon, 2011-09-05 07:59.
Modern DST was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson, New Zealand entomologist and astronomer, who became aware of the value of after-hours daylight. In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society that proposed a two-hour daylight-saving shift. custom printed folders
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