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Eastern Daylight Time

noun

Definition of Eastern Daylight Time

: Eastern Time observed during that part of the year when Daylight Saving Time is in effect

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First Known Use of Eastern Daylight Time

1921, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Eastern Daylight Time was in 1921

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