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Nov 28, 2009
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day'light sav'ing




the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening. Also,day'light sav'ings.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

daylightdaylight-saving time
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