Is it true that Konrad Adenauer invented daylight savings time?

Answer 1

That is a far fetched idea, if a serious question. Daylight savings time was introduced into the US in 1918.

Answer 2

I got this from a history lesson site online

DST was first mentioned, in 1784, by Benjamin Franklin in a letter to the editors of the Journal of Paris.[1] However, as the article was humorous it is not clear whether Franklin was seriously proposing that the French adopt it, or simply that people should get up and go to bed earlier.[2]

It was first seriously proposed by William Willett in the "Waste of Daylight", published in 1907, but he was unable to get the British government to adopt it, despite considerable lobbying.

The idea of DST was first put into practice by the German government during the First World War, between April 30, 1916 and October 1, 1916. Shortly afterward, the United Kingdom followed suit, first adopting it between May 21 and October 1, 1916. On June 17, 1917 Newfoundland became the first North American jurisdiction to adopt DST with the passing of the Daylight Saving Act of 1917. On March 19, 1918, the U.S. Congress established several time zones, which had been in use by railroads and most cities since 1883 and made DST official, effective March 31, for the remainder of World War I. It was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. The law, however, proved so unpopular, mostly because people rose and went to bed earlier than in current times, that it was repealed in 1919, when Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto of the repeal.

Answer 3

According to the site I was looking at, the first person to seriously propose daylight savings time was Benjamin Franklin. I don't think Konrad had anything to do with it because he didn't come to higher office until after WWI when it had already been implimented in Germany.