Word origin · etymology
Descriptive policy name.
Saving refers to shifting usable daylight into later clock hours. The phrase names a clock arrangement, not additional astronomical daylight.
How we know · epistemology
Legal clock convention
Seasonal clock changes are institutional decisions documented by place and year. They are not corrections for the Sun’s actual position, and one country’s schedule cannot stand in for another’s.
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