More Than Half in U.S. Want Daylight Saving Time Sunsetted

Gallup ^ | March 06, 2025 | Mary Claire Evans and Jeffrey M. Jones

[Jamestown1630]

This is one of the very few things my husband and I ever really argue about. I like the changing of the clocks twice a year. He wants it gone.

[Sicon]

It amazes me how worked up people get about this. They say, "Oh, it's so difficult to adjust, and we have to do it twice a year."

Anyone who travels to a different time zone has to deal with the same thing, and it's usually more than a 1-hour difference, and they have very little time to adjust before returning home.

I like that it stays light until much later in the summer, and I like not waking up in the dark in the winter. I don't understand why people have such a problem with it.

[Kazan]

And, other polls show a plurality want permanent DST.

[lee martell]

Time to get rid of it, once and for all.
Some will cling to the custom of switching back and forth mainly because that’s how it’s always been, and they don’t like changing such seasonal customs.

[central_va]

I want EDST all year.

[dodger]

Year- round Daylight Savings Time (later evenings)!

[brownsfan]

And, other polls show a plurality want permanent DST DJT.

[sheana]

Me too! I wish it would stay like that all year.

[suthener]

I don’t want it to change. I like having this same conversation every few months FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE!

[Nifty]

Rubio had something sitting for years in DC that would leave it as it is in the summer. I just needed congressional approval. Florida wants it lighter later in the day.

[oldplayer]

KILL IT. And I don’t care which way we go - just all year one way or the other with no changes.

[The Louiswu]

I don’t care either way

[Secret Agent Man]

Just be done with it.

[Sirius Lee]

Just split the difference. Next Spring set the clock a half hour ahead and just leave them there for now on.

[Dilbert San Diego]

LOL. This is one of those ongoing debates. Some people like daylight time, others don’t. The discussion never ends.

[1Old Pro]

I want Southern California climate/temps and sun in the NE, is that asking too much?

[1Old Pro]

LOL. This is one of those ongoing debates. Some people like daylight time, others don’t. The discussion never ends.

which reminds me, who really killed JFK?

[mikey_hates_everything]

Keep DST permanent. Don’t need that much light so early.

[blackdog]

Twice every year I was pulled into countless meetings on the pending crisis in the factory that is the time change. Weeks in advance on reacting to this crisis in manufacturing. Whatever I needed, no matter the cost and manpower.

I tried several years ongoing to tell them it was already in the software programs, but my boss eventually told me to just shut up and act like it was something important. So I did. It was even in my performance reviews, how good of a job I did with the clock change across 7,325 IP Addresses. Servo drives, frequency drives, date code printers, Zebra labelers, Allen Bradley Controllers, Siemens Controllers, Bar code readers, and yes, even the Kronos time clocks.

When setting it all up, you just click the icon for DST, Yes, or No. A whole month of doing not a thing, and getting praised for it.