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Daylight Saving Time Abuse, often abbreviated as DSTA, is a trick that abuses the Nintendo Switch's system clock to harvest a time-dependent seed early for an extra Power Moon. This trick is primarily used in the [[Any%]] category, but it can apply to other categories as well.
Daylight Saving Time Abuse, often abbreviated as DSTA, is a trick that abuses the Nintendo Switch's system clock to harvest a time-dependent seed early for an extra Power Moon. This trick is primarily used in the [[Any%]] category, but it can apply to other categories as well.


Since Daylight Savings Time functionality is built into the Switch's operating system, rather than implemented through Internet connectivity, setting the system's clock to the time when Daylight Savings takes place will cause the system's clock to jump forward an hour. Daylight Savings Time Abuse takes advantage of this by using the time jump to make a seed in the Sand Kingdom grow instantly.
Since Daylight Savings Time functionality is built into the Switch's operating system, rather than implemented through Internet connectivity, setting the system's clock to the time when Daylight Savings takes place will cause the system's clock to jump forward an hour. Daylight Savings Time Abuse takes advantage of this by using the time jump to make a seed in the Sand Kingdom grow instantly, whereas it would normally take around 20 minutes to grow fully.[[File:EFrS03DVUAEk kD.jpeg|thumb|220x220px]]
 
where runners will set a certain time on their clock before the run starts, and when they reach the Sand Kingdom, they will plant a seed and it will grow instantly.
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== Reproduction steps ==
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