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Why Do We Have Daylight Saving Time?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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Do You Like Daylight Saving Time?

There was a time until about 50 years ago there was no national policy for daylight saving. The problem with that, as you can imagine, is it got confusing to know if some people turned their clocks ahead and some people didn't,. So we don't all want to share the same clock, the same time zone because then it might be dark all day in one country and light all night. That's why when it's 6 a.m. here in Vermont where I am, it's 8 p.m. in Tokyo, Japan.

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