Meanings
daylight saving time1
plural daylight saving times · alternative daylight-saving time · alternative daylight savings time · alternative daylight saving · alternative daylight savings · alternative daylight time
- countableuncountableThe practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.
1 more example
2005: answers.firstgov.gov -- Daylight Saving Time is a change in the standard time of each time zone. ... The American law by which we turn our clock forward in the spring and back in the fall is known as the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The law does not require that anyone observe Daylight Saving Time; all the law requires is that if we are going to observe Daylight Saving Time, it must be done uniformly. http://answers.firstgov.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=6880
Synonyms: summer time
Daylight Saving Time2
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of daylight saving time.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.
Translations
Bulgarian ля́тно вре́ме
- ля́тно вре́ме (ljátno vréme)an adjustment of the official time during summer
Catalan horari d'estiu
- horari d'estiuan adjustment of the official time during summer
Chinese Mandarin 夏時制 /夏时制, 夏令時 /夏令时
- 夏時制 /夏时制 (xiàshízhì)an adjustment of the official time during summer
- 夏令時 /夏令时 (xiàlìngshí)an adjustment of the official time during summer
Czech letní čas
- letní časan adjustment of the official time during summer
Danish sommertid
- sommertidan adjustment of the official time during summer
Dutch zomertijd
- zomertijdan adjustment of the official time during summer
Finnish kesäaika
- kesäaikaan adjustment of the official time during summer
French heure d’été, heure avancée
- heure d’étéan adjustment of the official time during summer
- heure avancéean adjustment of the official time during summer
German Sommerzeit
- Sommerzeitan adjustment of the official time during summer
Greek θερινή ώρα
- θερινή ώρα (theriní óra)an adjustment of the official time during summer
Hebrew שְׁעוֹן קַיִץ
- שְׁעוֹן קַיִץ (sh'on qáyitz)an adjustment of the official time during summer
Hungarian nyári időszámítás
- nyári időszámításan adjustment of the official time during summer
Indonesian waktu musim panas
- waktu musim panasan adjustment of the official time during summer
Irish am sanhraidh
- am sanhraidhan adjustment of the official time during summer
Italian ora legale
- ora legalean adjustment of the official time during summer
Japanese 夏時間, サマータイム
- 夏時間 (natsujikan)an adjustment of the official time during summer
- サマータイム (samātaimu)an adjustment of the official time during summer
Korean 일광 절약 시간
- 일광 절약 시간 (ilgwang jeoryak sigan)an adjustment of the official time during summer
Latin hora aestiva
- hora aestivaan adjustment of the official time during summer
Norwegian Bokmål sommertid
- sommertidan adjustment of the official time during summer
Polish czas letni
- czas letnian adjustment of the official time during summer
Portuguese horário de verão
- horário de verãoan adjustment of the official time during summer
Romanian ora de vară
- ora de varăan adjustment of the official time during summer
Russian ле́тнее вре́мя
- ле́тнее вре́мя (létneje vrémja)an adjustment of the official time during summer
Spanish horario de verano, horario veranero
- horario de veranoan adjustment of the official time during summer
- horario veraneroan adjustment of the official time during summer
- horario veraniegoan adjustment of the official time during summer
- hora ahorrativa lumínica diurnaan adjustment of the official time during summer
- hora de ahorro de luz diurnaan adjustment of the official time during summer
Swedish sommartid
- sommartidan adjustment of the official time during summer
Thai เวลาออมแสง
- เวลาออมแสงan adjustment of the official time during summer
Welsh amser haf
- amser hafan adjustment of the official time during summer
Cite this entry
daylight saving time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daylight%20saving%20time
“daylight saving time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daylight%20saving%20time. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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