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Posted on 05/24/2026 8:44:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Donald Trump has indicated he would sign a bill to make daylight saving time permanent as a House of Representatives committee advanced a measure that would codify the change.
"Big Vote today (48-1!) in the Energy and Commerce Committee on a Bill including The Sunshine Protection Act, which will be making Daylight Saving Time Permanent! This is so important in that Hundreds of Millions of Dollars are spent every year by people, Cities, and States, being forced to change their Clocks. Many of these Clocks are located in Towers, and the cost of renting, or using, Heavy Equipment to do this twice a year is prohibitive!" Trump wrote on Thursday in a Truth Social post.
The president said that there is considerable "work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production," referring to the changing of the time. He also said that "it will also be a very nice WIN for the Republican Party."
"We are going with the far more popular alternative, Saving Daylight, which gives you a longer, brighter Day - And who can be against that - This is an easy one!" Trump added.
Known as the Sunshine Protection Act, the bill was proposed by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), who released a statement saying that it would "bring us one step closer to ending the outdated and unpopular practice of changing our clocks twice a year."
"Floridians and Americans across the country are tired of the biannual time change, and the evidence is clear that permanent daylight saving time can improve public health, reduce traffic accidents, lower crime and encourage more outdoor activity," he said in the statement.
In a social media post last year, Trump urged Congress to address the issue.
"The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!" he wrote in April 2025.
For years, advocates have called for the United States to stop making the twice-yearly changes. Among those urging that the country stick to one time for the entire year are the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
A poll from The Associated Press and NORC released in October 2025 also found that only 12 percent of Americans favor the current daylight saving time system. Around 47 percent are opposed to the current system and 40 percent are neutral, it also found.
The United States first started using the time shift more than a century ago, during World War I, and again during World War II. Congress passed a law in 1966 that allowed states to decide whether to participate but required their decisions to be uniform across their territories. All states except Arizona and Hawaii make the time shifts, and those two states remain on standard time year-round.
According to Buchanan's office, the Sunshine Protection Act was included in an amendment to a larger bill, the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Bleccch! It did not work before when this was tried.
Y2K deja vu Groundhog Day all over again.
When I was a boy, the states south of Virginia didn’t go on DST.
Fantastic! I’m not a morning person so I hate Standard time. Well done.
When the farms were more numerous and larger, and the cities were not a “megalopolis’, the time change was needed.
Now, since the USA has TWO measurreable ‘megalopolis’s, the time change impacts too many things to be a convenience.
I prefer life when my sundial is accurate. Sun dead south = High Noon. Equal sunlight on either side.
If DST is the compromise it takes to leave it alone and end this silly twice a year discombobulation, so be it.
No skin off my nose. Here in Arizona it’s been permanent for a long time (except on the reservations). Works just fine.
Thune won’t floor it for a vote. Just my sense.
In our area I always dread going back to standard time... The sun goes down here at 4:19 in the afternoon in December. This is ridiculous and a PIA.
I guess it all depends on when the Sun comes up doesn’t it?
I prefer life when my sundial is accurate. Sun dead south = High Noon. Equal sunlight on either side.
= = =
Esactlly.
If some business or school or whatever wants to change their hours, like 8 to 4 instead of 9 to 5, for the employees, they can do that.
Not winning !
Seniors, many seniors are subjected to Groundhogs Day.
It’s neat to be at Hoover Dam and actually see it get dark around 5:30 Vegas time in January, yet on the other side of the Dam in Arizona it’s getting dark around 6:30.
My son‘s schedule changes when the times clocks change.
He works for a car dealership.
They change their hours
to one hour later in the summer.
And I heard recently schools don’t start till 9am
in other countries.
Some schools in the US start at 7:30.
It’s just stupid.
If we’re all going to be on one time system, why not use standard time like the rest of the world?
“My son‘s schedule changes when the times clocks change.
He works for a car dealership.
They change their hours
to one hour later in the summer.
And I heard recently schools don’t start till 9am
in other countries.
Some schools in the US start at 7:30.
It’s just stupid.”
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You’re right. There’s significant evidence that even 9 am may be too early for teens to process new information in a meaningful way.
Taking care of one’s own business just does not occur to many these days.
If dark bus stops in the morning are a problem start scrool an hour later or earlier depending.
Our gooberment screws with everything but what matters. It really does not matter though. We are screwed already. This legislation is so simple and long overdue. It is to make the sheeple think something important is being done.
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