Daylight Savings Time Saturday November 1st.

           Daylight Saving Time in the United States.

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Early history

• World War I: Germany first adopted DST in 1916, and the US followed suit with the Standard Time Act of 1918, which introduced "war time" to save fuel.
• Unpopularity: The 1918 act was unpopular, especially with farmers, and was repealed over a presidential veto after the war. DST then became a local option, leading to a chaotic patchwork of different local observances. 

World War II and beyond

• World War II: Year-round DST was reinstated in 1942 as a wartime measure. It was officially repealed in 1945, but the country returned to a system where local jurisdictions chose whether and when to observe DST. 
• Patchwork system: From 1945 to 1966, there was no federal law on DST, resulting in confusion. For example, a 1965 study found that in some states, cities observed DST on different dates, while others did not observe it at all. 

Modern era

• Uniform Time Act of 1966: Congress passed the Uniform Time Act to standardize the practice. It set the start and end dates for DST but still allowed states to opt out.