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 NPR : 'Seize the Daylight': A History of Clock Chaos

NPR : 'Seize the Daylight': A History of Clock Chaos

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Benjamin Franklin first called for the government to tinker with clock hours in the 1780s. But it wasn't until World War I that the United States adopted daylight-saving time as a way to get more efficiency out of the day. "Seize the Daylight" Author David Prerau talks about the complicated politics and curious history of DST, and he shares an excerpt from his book. [4:54 streaming audio broadcast]

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Musharof Chy02/21/20251 min readUpdated 11 months ago

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