Why do we have daylight savings, What do we have it for?

Answer 1

Because when it summer and spring the weather get hotter and the time fall forward a hour and it daytime more than the night outside it usually get dark bout 7 or 8 pm in the night the clock go back a hour because it colder and night time usually be around 4 or 5 pm more night then the day.

Answer 2

It is a common misconception that it was used to help give the farmers more daylight for working hours. Well, it turns out that Daylight Savings Time had nothing to do with farmers, who traditionally haven't cared much for it. They care a lot less nowadays, but when the first DST law was making its way through Congress, farmers actually lobbied against it. Dairy farmers were especially upset because their cows refused to accept humanity's tinkering with the hands of time. The obstinate cud-chewers wanted to be milked every twelve hours, and had absolutely no interest in resetting their biological clocks — even if the local creameries suddenly wanted their milk an hour earlier.

Answer 3

Idea of Daylight Saving Time

The idea of daylight saving was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin during his sojourn as an American delegate in Paris in 1784, in an essay, "An Economical Project."

Some of Franklin's friends, inventors of a new kind of oil lamp, were so taken by the scheme that they continued corresponding with Franklin even after he returned to America.

The idea was first advocated seriously by London builder William Willett (1857-1915) in the pamphlet, "Waste of Daylight" (1907), that proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April, and retarding them by the same amount on four Sundays in September. As he was taking an early morning a ride through Petts Wood, near Croydon, Willett was struck by the fact that the blinds of nearby houses were closed, even though the sun was fully risen. When questioned as to why he didn't simply get up an hour earlier, Willett replied with typical British humor, "What?" In his pamphlet "The Waste of Daylight" he wrote:

"Everyone appreciates the long, light evenings. Everyone laments their shortage as Autumn approaches; and everyone has given utterance to regret that the clear, bright light of an early morning during Spring and Summer months is so seldom seen or used."

Answer 4

We save daylight every year and put it in a savings account so that it earns interest and so that when we run out of daylight we can take some out of the bank.

Answer 5

It came up a long time ago...when people needed more daylight to work. So they rolled forward the clock and gave people more daylight to work in.

Answer 6

so that the people who for every other time of the year get absolutly no sun left to play in when they leave work or school, when daylight saving hits ... its the beach and bqq as soon as the day at work is done !

Answer 7

I live in Queensland - the ONLY state in AIs that doesn't have it - do you know how annoying it is when I drive down to Byron Bay for the day? ha ha - hope you have a great wedding (sorta read you are getting married) !

Answer 8

ISN'T IT OBVIOUS?THE WORD ALONE SAYS IT ALL.
wE SAVE LOADS OF ENERGY IN SUMMER.BY USING THE LIGHT OF THE SUN.DAYS ARE FAR LONGER AND THE NIGHTS SEEM SHORTER,AND NOW THE DAY STARTS EARLIER AND IT IS LIGHT ALREADY:AT LEAST WHERE I LIVE IT IS.BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE EVENING STARTS ALSO EARLIER.
NO FUN AT ALL
SO:IM SUMMER I AGREE THAT WE SAVE :IN WINTER:NO WAY

Answer 9

to get our clocks matched with the passing sun. It should be 12pm when the sun is directly overhead. Since the earth tilts it has to be changed twice a year.

Answer 10

Because there is no point having night light savings. since anyways you would sleep through the night.