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I grew up in South Texas. My dad was a cotton/grain farmer and cotton gin/grain elevator owner. He and others who worked long hours out-of-doors loved daylight saving time (DST). During the summer harvest season, the sun shone well past 9. As a kid, I loved it, as well. It meant I did not have to “clean up” and go to bed, and I could stay dirty and happy much longer. As an adult, the same holds true, dirty and happy longer… DST has been in effect in the U.S. and in many European countries since World War I. In an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power, Germany and Austria began saving daylight on April 30, 1916, by advancing the hands of the clock one hour until the following October. Other countries immediately adopted this 1916 action, including Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, and Tasmania. Nova Scotia and Manitoba adopted it as well, with Britain following suit three weeks later, on May 21, 1916. A year later, Australia and Newfoundland began saving daylight.
