Lets see how smart you guys are . Who invented Daylights Savings ?

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Benjie Franklin? he invented just about everything except Gore's Internet
 

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guy did just about everything but not this this this....


It is sometimes asserted that DST was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin in a letter to the editors of the Journal of Paris (See the full text.). However, the article was humorous; Franklin was not proposing DST, but rather that people should get up and go to bed earlier.

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 daylight saving time was first put into practice by the German government during the First World War between April 30 and October 1, 1916. Shortly afterward, the United Kingdom followed suit, first adopting DST between May 21 and October 1, 1916. Then on March 19, 1918, the U.S. Congress established several time zones (which were already in use by railroads and most cities since 1883) and made daylight saving time official (which went into effect on 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proved so unpopular (mostly because people rose and went to bed earlier than in modern times) that the law was later repealed.
 

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sweet...bars are open one extra hour on Sat night!! :drink: :drink: :drink: :party:
 

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