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Daylight savings (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's a common myth that farmers want daylight savings, but farmers are actually usually quite opposed to it. Daylight savings was originally proposed as a way to conserve energy, but it wasn't put into practice until the world wars, where energy conservation was actually important.

Why Do We Have Daylight Saving Time? – History.com