The great daylight saving time controversy

• Main Author: Pearce, Chris, 1952-
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Australian eBook Publisher 2017
• Subjects: Daylight saving > History; Daylight saving > Public opinion; Time > Systems and standards; Canada; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10070/266226

Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT). The book examines the origins of daylight saving, including the historical development of calendars, clocks, standard time, and the idea of changing the clock to give more daylight late in the day. It looks at the history of daylight saving in every country that has ever used the measure. It also analyses daylight saving in each state of the US, Australia and Brazil, and each Canadian province. Interestingly, Alice Springs had daylight saving on one occasion. It features many intriguing and often prolonged battles between advocates and critics of daylight saving in countries around the world, as well as lighter moments. It highlights the determination of daylight saving time champions such as the UK’s William Willett, the US’s Robert Garland and Harley Staggers, New Zealand’s Thomas Sidey and Tasmania’s John Steer. It delves into the chaotic daylight saving situations that emerged, notably in the US and Canada, but also elsewhere. Every country and sometimes each state has a different and usually controversial story to tell. Preface -- Part I: Origins of daylight saving time -- 1 Calendar chaos -- 2 Counting the hours -- 3 Benjamin Franklin’s humour -- 4 Railways impose their time -- 5 William Willett’s dream -- Part II: Daylight saving in UK and Europe -- 6 Wartime imperatives -- 7 United Kingdom sticks with daylight saving -- 8 UK’s single double summer time saga -- 9 Western Europe well ahead of the sun -- 10 Mixed feelings in rest of Europe -- Part III: Daylight saving in North America -- 11 United States adopts measure late -- 12 Daylight saving mayhem -- 13 What’s the time? You choose -- 14 National daylight saving again -- 15 Canadian clock chaos -- 16 Saving daylight in deserts and on tropical islands -- Part IV: Daylight saving in Australia and NZ -- 17 Apple Isle leads the way -- 18 Southern states in and out of sync -- 19 Contentious in the Sunshine State -- 20 Daylight saving sets in the west -- 21 The long road to daylight saving across the ditch -- Part V: Daylight saving in the rest of the world -- 22 Asian countries opting out -- 23 No longer popular in South America -- 24 Never favoured in Africa -- 25 Antarctica: Daylight saving without daylight -- Future of daylight saving time -- Appendix: Daylight saving by country and state by year.