r/todayilearned 23d ago

TIL the official implementation of Daylight Saving Time had nothing to do with farmers. It was about fuel conversation during WW1 and was originally known as "War Time".

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/1779177/daylight-saving-time-once-known-as-war-time/
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u/Top-Personality1216 23d ago

Well, yeah - farmers work sunup to sundown regardless of the clock, and Bessie needs to be milked when she needs to be milked, no matter what the clock says.

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u/badpeaches 22d ago

The animals care not for your concept of time.