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Daylight Saving Time: What is it and why do we have it?

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. First adopted in Britain in 1916, "daylight saving time" is set to be 100 years old this April, after causing a century of better use of the light, as well as a lot of missed Monday morning meetings. open image in gallery William Willett was a tireless promoter for British Summer Time, from 1907 to his death 2. Who has DST? open image in gallery Allegorical illustration depicting the introduction of daylight saving time from 1916 3. Indeed, a trial for year-round British Summer Time from 1968 to 1971 saw a new increase in the number of people seriously injured in northern Scotland.

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