daylight saving time
daylight saving time noun: the practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.
Noun (1)
daylight saving time (countable and uncountable, plural daylight saving times)
- The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.
- 2005: answers.firstgov.gov -- Daylight Saving Time is a change in the standard time of each time zone. ... The American law by which we turn our clock forward in the spring and back in the fall is known as the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The law does not require that anyone observe Daylight Saving...
- Synonyms:
- summer time
Noun (2) capitalized: Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of daylight saving time.
daylight saving time meaning in Indonesian and Thai
daylight saving time in Indonesian
- an adjustment of the official time during summer
- waktu musim panas
daylight saving time in Thai
- an adjustment of the official time during summer
- เวลาออมแสง
Synonyms of daylight saving time
Forms of daylight saving time
| plural | daylight saving times |
|---|---|
| alternative form | daylight-saving time |
| alternative form | daylight savings time |
| alternative form | daylight saving |
| alternative form | daylight savings |
| alternative form | daylight time |
Questions about daylight saving time
- What does daylight saving time mean?
- Daylight saving time means the practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.
- What is daylight saving time in Indonesian?
- Daylight saving time in Indonesian is waktu musim panas. See Daylight saving time meaning in Indonesian.
- What part of speech is daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time is a noun.
- What is the plural of daylight saving time?
- The plural of daylight saving time is daylight saving times.
Words near daylight saving time in the dictionary
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