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WV64Signet said

It was originally used to move the clocks forward 1 hour.

Text of S. 1404 (89th): An Act to promote the observance of a uniform system of time throughout … (Passed Congress version) - GovTrack.us

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So they took an hour of our lives then. See if they’d fallen back first, and then left it there, we’d gain an hour of our lives. But springing forward, you lose an hour.