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Old 10-24-2003, 02:50 PM  
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Originally posted by nemesis
to save electric
Daylight saving time did indeed begin in the United States during World War I, primarily to save fuel by reducing the need to use artificial lighting. Although some states and communities observed daylight saving time between the wars, it was not observed nationally again until World War II.
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