Why does daylight savings time exist?
Originally (in America) Ben Franklin suggested waking people by firing cannons when the sun rose. This was to get more use of the sunlight and less of a dependancy on candles. “early to bed early to rise” came from Franklin. Most people adopted it in their towns because during the summer many people wasted large parts of the day. So time was pushed forward in the summer months. Adding daylight to afternoons generally benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, but it can cause problems for farmers and others whose hours depend on the sun. Extra afternoon daylight appears to have cut traffic fatalities.DST is said to save electricity by reducing the need for artificial evening lighting.
