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    Daylight Savings Time was first initially proposed by, “Benjamin Franklin, in 1784.” Daylight Savings Time was used to “relief war effort,” in order to sustain sufficient supplies to last longer. However, DST was not established, considered and enforced in the United States of America until 1918. Later, in 1960 cities around the United States had an open choice to take part or not in DST. Soon after, numerous states and cities announced; no longer being part of the Daylight Savings Time anymore.

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    The concept behind Daylight Savings Time seems very odd because why would the time suddenly change during the spring and fall? Most people usually think nothing of it other than them possibly losing or gaining an hour of sleep. Although the history and reasoning behind Daylight Savings Time is very surprising and unexpected because it involves the safety of the citizens because of the increased amount of daylight, reduced energy usage because of more light in the evening, and reduced carbon emissions

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    Daylight Savings Time

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    Daylight Savings time in many ways can be helpful to many people all over the United States and selected parts of Europe. Daylight Savings time is a method that Every spring clocks are moved forward an hour and in the fall the time has been set back an hour to it's original time. Daylights Savings time has never been an actual method that we all used untill one day Benjamin Franklin had come up with an idea back in 1784 that would conserve resources for war effort. The acceptance was a long process

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    Daylight savings time is a very controversial topic. Many people want Daylight Savings Time to be stopped because of how beneficial it is to us Americans. It all started in Europe during World War 1 to save energy in the war. But now it doesn't save hardly any energy. Daylight savings time should be changed because of a few reasons one there are a few safety concerns, two there are health hazards and three not many people support it any more. A reason daylight savings time should be deserted is

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    policy generally known as Daylight Saving time. As Atkinson, Ebben, Medina & Mildred (2015) observed, “Daylight saving time (DST) has been commonly used in the developed world, first trialed in the United States in 1918 as a temporary wartime measure to save energy expenditure, and formally implemented several decades later through the Uniform Time Act of 1966” (Introduction section, para. 1). Originally proposed by George Watson, Daylight Saving time was created to extend daylight hours. The policy doesn’t

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    Benefits of Daylight Savings Time To begin with, the inception of daylight savings time (DST) was a way to save much needed resources for the war effort. Although implemented in 1918, proponents strongly encouraged its adoption long before. Benjamin Franklyn attempted to introduce the idea of daylight savings time in France, back in 1784, without result. Daylight savings time, while effective, is not recognized in all 50 of the United States. There are parts of Arizona that do not participate, and

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    Should Daylight Saving Time Be Abolished? Daylight Saving Time or DST, is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months by one hour so that evening daylight lasts an hour longer. But not everyone agrees with this. Some feel that Daylight Saving Time can lead to serious health issues and also causes confusion between places that do Daylight Saving Time, and places that don't. Others, like me, feel that Daylight Saving Time is helpful because it causes everyday problems to reduce, strengthens

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    agrees with the change. There is a change that many people will relate be able to relate to together. Most people experience daylight saving time, where people shift their clocks back an hour in the fall and forward an hour in the spring. This was created to impact the lives of many and the environment in a positive manner. I am one of those people who experience daylight saving time annually. It is a traditional change that impacts many people’s lives. In reality the impact can be a positive or a negative

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    Daylight Savings Time was initially proposed by, “Benjamin Franklin, in 1784.” Daylight Savings Time was used to “relief war effort,” in order to sustain sufficient supplies to last longer. However, DST was not established and considered in the United States of America until 1918. Later, in 1960 cities around the United States had an open choice to participate or not in DST. Soon, this caused confusion with several schedules with transportation and entertainment. Finally, in 1966 “Congress established

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    Daylight Saving Time “...has been used in the United States and many European countries since World War 1…”(Page). The concept of Daylight Saving Time was first mentioned by Franklin in 1784. It begin on the second Monday in March and ends the first Sunday in November. Only seventy eight countries around the world observe Daylight Saving Time. During Daylight Saving the clocks fall back one hour which provides an extra hour of daylight in the evening. There is evidence proving that Daylight Saving

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