spring forward, fall back

English

Phrase

spring forward, fall back

  1. (mnemonic, US) Used to advise how clocks are altered for daylight saving time: local time goes forward in the spring, and back in fall (autumn).
    • 2011, Darrell Young, Mastering the Nikon D7000, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 244:
      On a specified day in spring of each year, many people set their clocks forward by one hour. Then in the fall they set them back, leading to the clever saying, “spring forward, fall back.”
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