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Daylight Savings Time

A World War I-era poster extolling the value of Daylight Saving Time—which may actually do more harm than good.

Why Daylight Saving Time Messes With Your Brain

To "spring forward" is more damaging to our health than to "fall back," according to some surprising science.

Beth Ann Malow March 6, 2024

A rainbow over Lord Howe Island.

Lord Howe Island, Australia

Lord Howe Island's Time

In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.

The Extreme Daylight Savings Time of World War II

You think one hour is bad? Europe's clocks were in chaos during the 1940s.

Jessie Guy-Ryan March 13, 2016

Big Diomede as viewed from Little Diomede. (Wikimedia Commons)

Diomede Islands

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.