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Matters of Time

99% Invisible

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Is It Not Daylight Saving Time?

In the summer, we spring forward one hour. And then around october it falls back. So then you lose an hour and you have an earlier sunset. I was always told that it was because of farmers, that they needed more daylight to do farming. Much like daylight savings time, it is a myth that it's about farmers.

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