Un supplemento: Daylight saving time / l'ora legale

Because this weekend was the end of daylight saving time in Italy (it ends November 1 in America thanks to changes in the law), I felt that a supplement was needed. Daylight saving time (read more about it in English from WebExhibits) is called l'ora legale in Italian. When daylight saving time ends in October, l'ora solare returns.

Daylight saving time restarts on March 29, 2009 in Italy.

Click here to read an article about Daylight Saving Time in La Corriere della Sera.

Also, see this article from La Repubblica (added 10/25/2008)

Vocabolario

• l'ora legale daylight saving time
  
  
• l'ora solare solar time (when daylight saving time ends and our clocks move back)
  
  
• l'orologio, gli orologi clock, clocks
• l'orologio portatile watch
• l'orologio portatile da polso wrist watch
• l'orologio portatile da tasca pocket watch
  *also, l'orologio can also mean watch
  
  
• la lancetta, le lancette hand, hands (on a clock)
  
  
• avanti = ahead, forward; can also mean 'fast':
  
  Il mio orologio è avanti di dieci minuti.
  My watch is 10 minutes fast.
  
  
• indietro back; can also mean 'slow':
  
  Il mio orologio è indietro di cinque minuti.
  My watch is 5 minutes slow.
  
  
• portare l'orologio avanti di un'ora to turn the clock forward an hour
  
  
• spostare (in) avanti le lancette dell'orologio/degli orologi to turn the clock forward an hour
  
  
• portare l'orologio indietro di un'ora to turn the clock back an hour
  
  
• spostare indietro le lancette dell'orologio/degli orologi to turn the clock back an hour