Editing Daylight saving time (section)

==Terminology==
As explained by Richard Meade in the English Journal of the (American) [[National Council of Teachers of English]], the form ''daylight savings time'' (with an "s") was already much more common than the older form ''daylight saving time'' in American English ("the change has been virtually accomplished") in 1978. Nevertheless, dictionaries such as [[Merriam-Webster|Merriam-Webster's]], [[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language|American Heritage]], and [[Oxford English Dictionary|Oxford]], which typically describe actual usage instead of prescribing outdated usage (and therefore also list the newer form), still list the older form first. This is because the older form is still very common in print and is preferred by many editors. ("Although ''daylight saving time'' is considered correct, ''daylight savings time'' (with an "s") is commonly used."){{sfnp|''Seize the Daylight''|2005|p=xv}} The first two words are sometimes hyphenated (''daylight-saving(s) time''). Merriam-Webster's also lists the forms '''daylight saving''', '''daylight savings''' (both without "time"), and '''daylight time'''.<ref name=variants>''Daylight saving time'' and its variants:
* {{cite journal |author=Richard A. Meade |title=Language change in this century |journal=English Journal |year=1978 |volume=67 |issue=9 |pages=27–30 |doi=10.2307/815124 |jstor=815124 }}
* {{cite book |chapter=daylight-saving time |chapter-url=http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/daylight-saving%20time |editor=Joseph P. Pickett |display-editors=et al |title=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |edition=4th |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston |isbn=978-0-395-82517-4 |quote=or ''daylight-savings time'' |year=2000 |url=https://archive.org/details/americanheritage0000unse_a1o7 }}
* {{cite book |chapter=daylight saving time |chapter-url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight+saving+time |title=Merriam–Webster's Online Dictionary |access-date=13 February 2009 |quote=called also ''daylight saving'', ''daylight savings'', ''daylight savings time'', ''daylight time'' |archive-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611051622/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight+saving+time |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/daylight-saving-time|title=daylight saving time|work=Oxford Dictionaries|access-date=22 March 2014|archive-date=22 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322225739/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/daylight-saving-time|url-status=dead}} "also daylight savings time"
* {{cite web |title=15 U.S.C. §&nbsp;260a notes |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260a- |access-date=9 May 2007 |quote=Congressional Findings; Expansion of Daylight Saving Time |archive-date=9 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109184456/https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260a |url-status=live }}</ref> The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style explains the development and current situation as follows:<blockquote>Although the singular form ''daylight saving time'' is the original one, dating from the early 20th century—and is preferred by some usage critics—the plural form is now extremely common in AmE. [...] The rise of ''daylight savings time'' appears to have resulted from the avoidance of a miscue: when ''saving'' is used, readers might puzzle momentarily over whether ''saving'' is a gerund (the saving of daylight) or a participle (the time for saving). [...] Using ''savings'' as the adjective—as in ''savings account'' or ''savings bond''—makes perfect sense. More than that, it ought to be accepted as the better form.<ref>{{cite dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_VmtjAU01YC&pg=PA95|title=daylight saving(s) time|dictionary=Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style|page=95|isbn=9780195135084|last1=Garner|first1=Bryan A.|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=6 June 2020|archive-date=9 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109184533/https://books.google.com/books?id=z_VmtjAU01YC&pg=PA95|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>In Britain, Willett's 1907 proposal<ref name="Willett" /> used the term ''daylight saving'', but by 1911, the term ''summer time'' replaced ''daylight saving time'' in draft legislation.{{sfnp|''Seize the Daylight''|2005|p=22}} The same or similar expressions are used in many other languages: ''Sommerzeit'' in German, ''zomertijd'' in Dutch, ''kesäaika'' in Finnish, ''horario de verano'' or ''hora de verano'' in Spanish, and ''heure d'été'' in French.{{sfnp|''Seize the Daylight''|2005|pp=51–70}}

The name of local time typically changes when DST is observed. American English replaces ''standard'' with ''daylight'': for example, ''[[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific Standard Time]]'' (''PST'') becomes ''Pacific Daylight Time'' (''PDT''). In the United Kingdom, the standard term for UK time when advanced by one hour is ''British Summer Time'' (BST), and British English typically inserts ''summer'' into other time zone names, e.g. ''Central European Time'' (''CET'') becomes ''[[Central European Summer Time]]'' (''CEST'').

{{anchor|Mnemonic}}
In North American English, people use the mnemonic "spring forward, fall back" (also "spring ahead&nbsp;...", "spring up&nbsp;...", and "...&nbsp;fall behind") to remember the direction in which to shift the clocks.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35784382/spring-forward-fall-backbrooklyn/|work=Brooklyn Citizen|date=25 April 1936|title=Remember to Put Clocks Hour Ahead on Retiring|access-date=7 November 2021|archive-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108121336/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35784382/spring-forward-fall-backbrooklyn/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Downing-Prerau" />