By 1916 an old idea had resurfaced, one that was born in Britain, near the home of Time, the Royal Observatory Greenwich, with the publication of a pamphlet called The Waste of Day Lights on.

This was composed by a very entrepreneurial builder called William Willits, who lived in Chisel House, which is about 15 kilometers south of Greenwich and Will.

It was a keen horse rider, and he used to go for early Morning writes in the local woods.

On it was on one of these rides that he noticed that all the blinds in the local houses that were all down everyone seemed to be in bed as a very industrious and productive man.

He was a pulled at this waste of time.

Everyone appreciates the long light evenings.

Everyone laments there, shrinkage.

As the days grow shorter, nearly everyone has given utterance to regret that the clear, bright light of early mornings during spring and summer months is so seldom seen or used.

Now, if some of the hours of wasted sunlight could be withdrawn from the beginning and added to the end of the day.

How many advantages would be gained by a lot?

Well, it's died before.

He saw his idea put into action to save coal for the war effort, but it was adopted at first by the Germans, not the British post.

Guards warned the population about the shift and why they owed it to their country.

Not to forget.

The British followed a few weeks later and didn't miss a chance for a dig at the Germans.

America came on board in 1918.

As DST spread around the world, countries adopted it, dumped it or never tried it.

Still, the daylight debate rages.

Every year the arguments exist, whether it helps or harms our health and the economy.

While the wartime wisdom of saving energy may no longer apply for many of us, long summer evenings still endure the legacy of a war where so much was lost to give us these freedoms.