Mnemonic devices for Time

Daylight savings, the number of days in a month, and more

Daylight Saving Time: Spring ahead, Fall back

  Mnemonic Device: Spring ahead, Fall back. Explanation: A mnemonic for Daylight Saving Time (DST). This memory aid reminds us how to adjust the clock. In the fall (autumn), the clock
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Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; all the rest have thirty-one. Excepting February alone, which hath but twenty-eight, in fine. Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.

  Mnemonic Device: Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; all the rest have thirty-one. Excepting February alone, which hath but twenty-eight, in fine. Till leap year gives it
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Knuckles and Valleys

  Mnemonic Device: Say the months using the knuckles and valleys on your hands. Explanation: A visual way to remember the length of each month. Put your fists together. Start on
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Thirty days in September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31, except for February, which has 28, but Leap Year gives it 29.

  Mnemonic Device: Thirty days in September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty-one, Except for February, Which has twenty-eight, But Leap Year gives it twenty-nine.   Explanation:
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3+ 10-

  Mnemonic Device: 3+ 10- Explanation: I always get confused with: spring forward, fall back (I think it could easily be: spring back, fall forward). So, 3 is the month
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