hour change

noun

The changing of clocks one hour forward or backward, in line with daylight saving time.

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Meanings

nounhour change (plural hour changes)

plural hour changes

  1. The changing of clocks one hour forward or backward, in line with daylight saving time.

    The hour change means you'll lose some sleep but gives you more time for fun in the sun.

    1982 April 26, Jet, volume 62, number 7
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    Speaking of the convenience of the community, is the hour change better than the two hours, or not?

    1908, Parliamentary papers, Great Britain: House of Commons

    […] but the profession as such had no grounds for opposing Daylight Saving in general or the hour change in particular […]

    1949, Frank Hope-Jones, Electrical timekeeping
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