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Forward in Time

  • March 8, 2015
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

During World War II, a U.S. law imposed Daylight Saving Time to conserve fuel. But after it was repealed, some cities and towns stayed on DST. Huge time-zone confusion led to the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which required states to observe DST either as a whole or not at all. (Image from Penn State University)

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