• Daylight saving time (DST) is the practice of advancing clocks during warmer months so that darkness falls later each day according to the clock. Proponents...
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    Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United...
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    Most of the United States observes daylight saving time (DST), the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour when there is longer daylight during...
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    permanent standard or daylight saving time (DST) eliminates the practice of semi-annual clock changes, specifically the advancement of clocks by one hour...
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    BST on the last Sunday of October. The starting and finishing times of daylight saving were aligned across the European Union on 22 October 1995, and the...
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    S. daylight saving time permanent, meaning the time would no longer change twice per year. The bill has been proposed during several sessions of Congress...
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    two time zones and observes daylight saving time. Continental Portugal and Madeira use UTC+00:00, while the Azores use UTC–01:00. Daylight saving time (locally...
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    1951. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, Karachi Time was renamed to Pakistan Standard Time. Daylight saving time was formerly observed in Pakistan...
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    is a collaborative compilation of information about the world's time zones and rules for observing daylight saving time, primarily intended for use with...
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    adopted GMT in 1916, supplanting Dublin Mean Time. Daylight saving time was introduced by the Summer Time Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 14), which was implemented...
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    impending leap second adjustment, but no information about local time zones or daylight saving time is transmitted. The current protocol is version 4 (NTPv4)...
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    Lighting control system (category Energy-saving lighting)
    output based on: Chronological time (time of day) Solar time (sunrise/sunset) Occupancy using occupancy sensors Daylight availability using photocells...
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    Daylighting is the practice of placing windows, skylights, other openings, and reflective surfaces so that direct or indirect sunlight can provide effective...
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    1985 Narita International Airport bombing (category Military history of Tokyo)
    observes daylight saving time, Japan does not.[citation needed] The trial for the Narita bombing took place in Canada in 1991. The only man convicted of any...
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    Rebecca Harris (category Alumni of the London School of Economics)
    member of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and championed the Daylight Saving Bill which would have moved Britain onto Central European Time. On...
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    his own banner. 1957 Liquor Plebiscite 1967 Daylight Saving Plebiscite 1971 Daylight Saving Plebiscite List of Alberta political parties A Report on Alberta...
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  • When daylight saving time is in effect in Australia, the program was first shown live across the network's pan-Asian feed at 5pm Sydney time (2pm Singapore/Hong...
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    Lighting (redirect from Uses of lighting)
    illumination by capturing daylight. Daylighting (using windows, skylights, or light shelves) is sometimes used as the main source of light during daytime in...
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    Southampton Island (category Islands of Foxe Basin)
    Southampton Island is one of the few Canadian areas, and the only area in Nunavut, that does not use daylight saving time. Historically speaking, Southampton...
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    monitoring appliances, shifting load to off-peak hours, and providing energy-saving recommendations. Observing appliance usage, establishing an energy usage...
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    Operation Upshot–Knothole (category Lists of coordinates)
    To convert the UT time into standard local, add the number of hours in parentheses to the UT time; for local daylight saving time, add one additional...
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    across the country could be gathered in real time and remain relevant for all analysis. The first such use of the telegraph for gathering data on the weather...
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  • first national parks declared at Mount Field and Freycinet 1916: Daylight saving time first introduced as temporary wartime measure 1917: Electrolytic...
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    Compact fluorescent lamp (category Energy-saving lighting)
    compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), also called compact fluorescent light, energy-saving light and compact fluorescent tube, is a fluorescent lamp designed to replace...
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    photography and differences of color matching when compared to incandescent light or daylight.[citation needed] Halogen lamps are a type of incandescent lamp with...
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  • To convert the UT time into standard local, add the number of hours in parentheses to the UT time; for local daylight saving time, add one additional...
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  • following is a list of episodes from the series CID aired from 1998 to 2009. For episodes aired from 2010 to 2014, see the List of CID episodes: 2010–2014...
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    (08:00 UTC). The ship arrived in vicinity of the Titanic wreck site on 18 June 5:15 a.m. Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT; UTC−02:30). Around 8:30 a.m., five...
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    a commonly possible design option. To adjust for daylight saving time, if applicable, the solar time must additionally be shifted for the official difference...
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    eventually cancel Operation Sea Lion. The Luftwaffe proved unable to sustain daylight raids, but their continued night-bombing operations on Britain became known...
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