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Daylight savings (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a common myth that farmers want daylight savings, but farmers are actually usually quite opposed to it. Daylight savings was originally proposed as a way to conserve energy, but it wasn't put into practice until the world wars, where energy conservation was actually important.

Why Do We Have Daylight Saving Time? – History.com