2. Daylight Saving Time (DST)
also summer time
The practice of advancing clocks
so that evenings have more daylight
and mornings have less.
Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour
near the start of spring
and are adjusted backward in autumn.
Reference: Wikipedia
Everyday English by Inka Vilén 2012
3. Daylight Saving Time (DST)
• mentioned by Benjamin Franklin in 1784
• the modern idea was first proposed in 1895
by George Vernon Hudson
• it was first implemented during
the First World War
Reference: Wikipedia
Everyday English by Inka Vilén 2012
4. Daylight Saving in Finland
Finland adopted the modern usage of
summer and winter time back in 1981.
Finland spends about five months of the year
cloaked in winter.
Summer time begins in March
and ends in October.
Reference: Yle News
Everyday English by Inka Vilén 2012
