Modern Daylight Saving Time was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson in 1895. William Willett, a London building contractor, independently invented Daylight Saving Time and pitched it to the British Parliament in 1907.
In that same year Willett spoke with John Anderson, who was on a business trip in Britain, and explained to him the benefits of adopting Daylight Saving Time and its economic benefits.
Germany and its allies were the first European countries to adopt Daylight Saving Time in 1916, followed quickly by Great Britain and many other western European countries, all in an effort to save fuel during World War I.
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