Home › Entities › general › daylight saving time

daylight saving time

seasonal adjustment of clocks
Thing general Q36669
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

daylight saving time

Summary

daylight saving time ranks in the top 0.092% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,281 views/month, #72 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • daylight saving time is a type of civil time[2].
  • daylight saving time's Commons category is recorded as Daylight saving time[3].
  • daylight saving time is the opposite of standard time[4].
  • daylight saving time's has cause is recorded as time shift[5].
  • daylight saving time's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Daylight saving time[6].
  • daylight saving time's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7].

Body

Definition and Type

daylight saving time is a type of civil time[2]. It is the opposite of standard time[4].

Why It Matters

daylight saving time ranks in the top 0.092% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,281 views/month, #72 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). daylight saving time. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/daylight-saving-time
MLA “daylight saving time.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/daylight-saving-time.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_daylight-saving-time_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{daylight saving time}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/daylight-saving-time}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): daylight saving time — https://4ort.xyz/entity/daylight-saving-time (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/daylight-saving-time · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → civil time
    Opposite of → standard time
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13017, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.