Daylight saving time

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf timekeeping practice
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:Argentina
gptkb:China
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Iceland
gptkb:India
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Morocco
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Tunisia
gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:DST
summer time
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Hawaii
most of Africa
most of Asia
most of South America
most of Arizona
most of Oceania
gptkbp:controversy energy savings debated
health effects debated
gptkbp:effect affects sleep patterns
affects energy consumption
affects schedules
reduces morning daylight
shifts daylight to evening hours
gptkbp:endDate autumn
gptkbp:firstCountryToAdopt gptkb:Canada
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Daylight saving time
gptkbp:introducedIn 1908
gptkbp:involves advancing clocks during warmer months
setting clocks forward by one hour
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:popularizedBy gptkb:Austria-Hungary
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:William_Willett
gptkb:George_Vernon_Hudson
gptkbp:purpose make better use of daylight
gptkbp:regulates local governments
national governments
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Greenwich_Mean_Time
standard time
Coordinated Universal Time
time zones
gptkbp:startDate gptkb:spring
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Summer_Time_(BST)
gptkb:Eastern_European_Summer_Time
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6