Who came up with the idea of daylight savings time?

Answer 1

Actually it was Benjamin Franklin that thought it up in 1784.

Answer 2

Saving daylight was first mentioned in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin in a satirical essay[1] urging Parisians to get up earlier in order to use sunlight, thus saving wax by not burning candles at night, in the spirit of his proverb "Early to bed and early to rise / Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."[2] Franklin did not mention Daylight Saving Time—he did not propose that clock time be changed.

DST was first seriously proposed in 1907 by William Willett,[3] but he was unable to get the British government to adopt it, despite considerable lobbying.

DST was first put into practice by a national government in Germany 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 US Congress formally established several time zones, which had been in use by railroads and most cities since 1883; at the same time it established DST from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. The law, however, proved so unpopular, mostly because it obliged people to rise and go to bed earlier than had become customary since the advent of electricity, that it was repealed in 1919, when Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto of the repeal.

Answer 3

I have always felt that it is a benefit to businesses. Like golfing, eating out, all recreational activities. More money spent in day light hours.

It also benefits the school children in some of the time zones. Other wise they would be going to school in the morning in the dark.

It's got to be mostly about money but it sure messes us up with our sleeping habits.

Answer 4

Sir Sanford Flemming, trying to make rail travel easier in the late 1800s.

Answer 5

Some idiot who likes to go to bed when the sun is still up. My son argues with me that he can't go to bed because the sun is still up. Meanwhile it's bloody 9pm.

Answer 6

I thought it was Benjamin Franklin.

Answer 7

I thought it had to do with farming and agriculture...

Answer 8

farmers