Someone wrote in [personal profile] alexxkay 2004-03-31 02:37 pm (UTC)

There's a lot of history about it at
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/

The idea was first conceived by Ben Franklin, and its practical use pretty much stems from around World War I, in Britain before the U.S.

-- Russ Kay (russkay@charter.net)

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