Meaning of daylight saving time | Babel Free
Definitions
- The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.
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Alternative letter-case form of daylight saving time. alt-of, uncountable
Equivalents
Čeština
letní čas
Dansk
sommertid
Deutsch
Sommerzeit
Ελληνικά
θερινή ώρα
Español
hora ahorrativa lumínica diurna
hora de ahorro de luz diurna
horario de verano
horario veranero
horario veraniego
Suomi
kesäaika
Magyar
nyári időszámítás
Italiano
ora legale
한국어
일광 절약 시간
Nederlands
zomertijd
Português
horário de verão
Română
oră de vară
Русский
ле́тнее вре́мя
Svenska
sommartid
Examples
“2005: answers.firstgov.gov -- Daylight Saving Time is a change in the standard time of each time zone. ... The American law by which we turn our clock forward in the spring and back in the fall is known as the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The law does not require that anyone observe Daylight Saving Time; all the law requires is that if we are going to observe Daylight Saving Time, it must be done uniformly. http://answers.firstgov.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=6880”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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