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Daylight Saving Act of 1917
The Daylight Saving Act of 1917 was an act enacted by the Dominion of Newfoundland to adopt Daylight Saving Time, thus making it the first jurisdiction in North America to do so, only a year after Britain itself on May 21, 1916. It was not instituted in the United States until March 31, 1918.
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