[Robert DeLong]

The implementation of Daylight Saving Time has been fraught with controversy since Benjamin Franklin conceived of the idea

Germany was the first country to implement DST. Clocks there were first turned forward at 11:00 p.m. (23:00) on April 30, 1916,

[outofsalt]

I knew the Socialist Democrats were at the root of the problem...most problems, really. Though maybe in 1916 they were still called progressives?