With the clock turning back an hour this weekend , The Telegraph asked: "What is the real reason behind daylight savings time?

 

 “Used to be to help farmers get more daylight out of their work day.”


-Bud Beebe

“Dumb or smart, we like our traditions.”
-Joe Lounge
“To screw with our minds.”
-Brett Caldwell

 

 

 

 

“So children waiting for the school bus don’t have to freeze in the dark.”

-Josiah Hobbes
 

“To sync time with daylight hours.”

-Jennifer Eleventhal
 


 

 

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