https://www.pitara.com/tags/time-change/Recent content in Time Change on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-daylight-saving-time/Thu, 04 Jan 2001 16:27:04 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-daylight-saving-time/<p>People in some parts of the world gain an extra hour in winters and are able to sleep and snore that much longer thanks to a suggestion by Benjamin Franklin about daylight saving time. But when the suggestion was first made, it raised such a furore not only from those kept awake by the extra snoring but also from others and they wasted a lot of time fighting over this extra hour.</p> <p>Actually the confusion began when the postal service and the railways began to connect far-flung cities. These towns followed their town clock by measuring the position of the sun. Therefore every city was on a slightly different time.</p>