Daylight savings

2022 - 3 - 15

Spring forward or fall back? The U.S. Senate might have made the wrong choice (unknown)

Yet sleep scientists argue the choice of daylight saving time over standard time—in other words, choosing the "spring forward" rather than "fall back" time— ...

In their fight to "protect sunshine," the U. S. Senate had the choice of making either standard time or daylight saving time permanent. Teenagers have a naturally later sleep cycle than children and adults, which means they should wake up later in the day to stay in sync with their body clocks. Other studies found the rate of workplace injuries and even heart attacks tends to increase shortly after the U. S. “springs forward”. Retailers also support a switch to permanent daylight saving time. Southernly Austin, Texas, gets 14 hours of daylight in summer and 10 hours in winter. Originally, daylight saving was meant to reduce energy consumption, by setting clocks forward thus extending the hours of daylight further into the evening. For example: northernly Detroit, Mich., gets over 15 hours of sunlight in the summer and only 9 hours in winter. The U. S. tried a permanent switch to daylight saving time in 1974 to save energy during the oil embargo by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries. But, after complaints from parents about schools starting in the dark, and a spate of well-publicized road accidents involving children, the U.S. abandoned the practice by October 1974. The U. S. has actually tried to make daylight saving time permanent once before. However, research suggests that the changing ways we consume energy means daylight saving time no longer saves enough electricity to be meaningful. Yet sleep scientists argue the choice of daylight saving time over standard time—in other words, choosing the "spring forward" rather than "fall back" time—would leave Americans permanently out-of-sync with their natural schedule, and potentially lead to a range of health issues. On Tuesday, the U. S. Senate voted unanimously to make daylight saving time permanent from 2023—getting rid of the biannual ritual of Americans changing their clocks back or forth by an hour.

A Groggy Senate Approves Making Daylight Saving Time Permanent (unknown)

Legislation that passed unanimously would end the practice of setting clocks back one hour in the fall. Its prospects were uncertain in the House.

The bill’s fate in the House was not immediately clear, but if the legislation were to pass there and be signed by President Biden, it would take effect in November 2023. Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, rose on the Senate floor on Tuesday to speak in favor of his bill, called the Sunshine Protection Act, which would end the practice of turning clocks back one hour to standard time every November, making daylight saving time, which currently begins in March, last throughout the year. So on Tuesday, with almost no warning and no debate, the Senate unanimously passed legislation to do away with the biannual springing forward and falling back that most Americans have come to despise, in favor of making daylight saving time permanent.

U.S. Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent (unknown)

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023, ending the twice-annual changing of clocks in ...

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Should daylight saving time be year-round? Iowa Lawmakers are considering it. (unknown)

The change in Iowa could only take effect if the federal government passes a law like the daylight saving bill that passed in the U.S. Senate.

"I probably prefer the standard time over daylight savings, just personally." Lawmakers are considering a bill that would establish daylight saving time as the official time in the state year-round. "So again, addressing it from a continuity standpoint, not being on an island is the most important aspect." Lawmakers have considered a version of the legislation for several years, but never passed it. Sen. Jeff Reichman, R-Montrose, supports the bill. But even if the bill becomes law in Iowa, nothing will change immediately.

The Senate just voted to make daylight saving time permanent. Good. (unknown)

Why do we have daylight saving time? And, yes, it's "saving time" and not "savings time."

When we shift clocks forward one hour in the spring, many of us will lose that hour of sleep. According to the Washington Post, “parents were suddenly sending their kids to school in the cold and the dark for months on end,” which drove the negative sentiment. It would at least prevent some groaning and hassle as people lose an hour of sleep when daylight saving time starts in the spring. Individuals might differ on which of the above maps they prefer. What’s more, the number of daylight hours that fall upon our vast, beautiful country isn’t affected by the practice. This is what the map looks like under the status quo of twice-yearly clock shifts. So if the sun sets at 8 pm instead of 7 pm, we’d presumably spend less time with the lights on in our homes at night, saving electricity. It also means that you’re less likely to sleep through daylight hours in the morning since those are shifted an hour later too. The sunrise situation would actually be worse for most people. It’s happened: On Tuesday, the US Senate voted unanimously to make daylight saving time permanent beginning in 2023. Blogger and cartographer Andy Woodruff decided to visualize this with a great series of maps. If the legislation proceeds to the House and then the president, Americans will no longer have to change their clocks twice a year.

Permanent Daylight Savings Time means sunrises at 8 a.m. or later for 80 days (unknown)

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would institute Daylight Saving Time permanently and would keep clocks pushed an hour forward all ...

Reuters reported if the bill is signed into law, the change would not take place until November 2023. Members of Congress have long been interested in the potential benefits and costs of daylight saving time since it was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. From late December until mid-January, the people in southern Wisconsin would not see the sun until nearly 8:30 a.m. Daylight saving time resumed on Sunday as many Americans set their clocks one hour ahead. Southern Wisconsin would see more than two-and-half months of sunrises that don’t come until 8:00 a.m. or later. MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The U. S. Senate unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would institute Daylight Saving Time permanently and would keep clocks pushed an hour forward all year round.

Permanent daylight saving time? America tried it before ... and it didn't go well. (unknown)

About five decades ago, the U.S. tried to make daylight saving time year-round – and public opinion of the change quickly deteriorated.

Experts have lamented that changing the clocks has wide-ranging negative consequences, from sleep disruptions to a temporary uptick in traffic accidents. About three-quarters of Americans recently said they would prefer not switching back and forth between between standard and daylight saving time, a poll conducted in October 2021 from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found. The U. S. is seriously considering making daylight saving time permanent, a move that would likely be popular.

I Guess Marco Rubio Is My Hero Now (unknown)

The Senate just passed Florida senator Marco Rubio's Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent – and free me from afternoon ...

When the House and President Biden finally enact our vision for a literally brighter tomorrow, I will raise a glass in your honor. “The U. S. Tried Daylight Savings Time in the ’70s. People Hated It,” according to The Washingtonian. “It saves energy,” reports the U.S. Department of Transportation. I don’t care. I’ve also stopped trying to calculate what time I should go to bed to mitigate the effects of the switch. “Why we would enshrine this in our laws and keep it for so long is beyond me.” Therefore, when I became aware several years ago that there were like-minded people calling on Congress to make this change, I decided to support them blindly — and I really mean blindly. So I was not able to fully process this tweet when a colleague dropped it in our Slack room.

Year-Round Daylight-Saving-Time Bill Passes the Senate (unknown)

Sunshine state Sen. Marco Rubio hails brighter evenings; critics decry darker mornings.

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Senate passes bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent (unknown)

The Sunshine Protection Act passed the chamber by unanimous consent. The bill would still need to pass the House and be signed by President Joe Biden to become ...

Listen for yourselfThis is where the International Space Station will splash into EarthGlobal food shortage and higher prices may result from war in UkraineThe US banned Russian oil. Listen for yourselfThis is where the International Space Station will splash into EarthGlobal food shortage and higher prices may result from war in UkraineThe US banned Russian oil. WarnerMedia uses data to improve and analyze its functionality and to tailor products, services, ads, and offers to your interests. "You'll see it's an eclectic collection of members of the United States Senate in favor of what we've just done here in the Senate, and that's to pass a bill to make Daylight Savings Time permanent," said Rubio in remarks on the Senate floor. So, what now?Corporate exodus from Russia continues and US stocks feel the impactSee the most valuable Japanese car in the worldWhat may happen to the economy as gas prices continue to rise Melinda French Gates opens up about her divorce: 'I couldn't trust what we had'See 'Wheel of Fortune' moment some say is 'most painful 2 minutes' everThe Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the United States. The Sunshine Protection Act passed the chamber by unanimous consent. CNN has reached out to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office for comment on when or if the House will take up the bill and did not immediately receive a response.Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a sponsor of the legislation, said he doesn't have any assurance the House will take it up, but "it's an idea whose time has come."

The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the '70s. People Hated It (unknown)

The sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national ...

A similar bill passed the House. In late September, the full Congress passed a bill that would restore standard time on October 27. The National Safety Council reported in February that pre-sunrise fatalities had risen to 20 from 18 the year before. And yet the early-morning darkness quickly proved dangerous for children: A 6-year-old Alexandria girl was struck by a car on her way to Polk Elementary School on January 7; the accident broke her leg. The US had gone to permanent daylight saving time before, during World War II. Then, too, the measure was enacted to save fuel. Permanent DST wasn’t close to the wackiest idea about time floating around—Paul Mullinax, a geographer who worked at the Pentagon, came up with the idea of putting the continental US on a single time zone. Congress had voted on December 14, 1973, to put the US on daylight saving time for two years.

Time for a change? U.S. Senate agrees to make daylight savings permanent (unknown)

WASHIGNTON, D. C. -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously agreed to make Daylight Savings Time permanent in 2023, ending a yearly ritual that requires ...

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Daylight saving time may be on the way out — now what? (unknown)

If the measure becomes law, the clocks would not “fall back” by one hour in November and remain at standard time permanently — without having to “spring ahead” ...

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In timely but unexpected vote, US Senate goes for permanent daylight saving time (unknown)

The Washington and Oregon legislatures voted three years ago to "ditch the switch" and stick with daylight saving time permanently. The Idaho Legislature ...

Among those who said they preferred to stop the time changes, nearly twice as many wanted to stay on daylight saving time as opposed to stay on standard time. The Washington and Oregon legislatures voted three years ago to "ditch the switch" and stick with daylight saving time permanently. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, at least 18 states were eager to go this route whenever Congress gives the green light. An abrupt awakening in Congress is raising hopes on the West Coast that last weekend’s switch from standard time to daylight time might be the next to last time we go through the annoying clock change ritual. The late sunrises have been an issue for some parents and sleep experts, concerned about getting students awake and off to school safely. The measure now goes to the House for further consideration.

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