Will This Be the Last Year for Daylight Saving Time in America?

PJ Media ^ | 03/12/2023 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

I rolled over in bed this morning and glanced at the clock. I never set an alarm (wouldn’t know how to do it if I wanted to) so you can imagine my relief when the clock said it was only 5:30 a.m.

I almost allowed myself to doze off but then I remembered; the bi-annual fiddling with time meant it was actually 6:30 a.m. and I was already behind schedule. Cursing Ben Franklin (who really didn’t invent Daylight Saving Time), I stumbled out of bed and prepared for a few days of trying to adjust my body rhythms to the unnatural and wholly unnecessary change of time.

It would be so much easier if DST were permanent. Why it isn’t is basically a matter of time — literally. Making DST permanent is a popular issue for Congress to address and rid us of this inconvenient and unhealthy change of clocks. But Congress has failed us.

Let’s face it; changing DST is not a burning national issue. Although a bill is introduced every year in both the House and Senate, Congress never seems to get around to passing it despite bipartisan support.

The Hill:

Earlier this month, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023, which would make daylight saving time permanent. So far, the bill has received bipartisan support in the Senate and has been referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

If passed, the March 12 changing of the clocks would be the final such event – we wouldn’t “fall back” in November.

A similar bill introduced by Rubio last year passed with unanimous support in the Senate, but it wasn’t as well-received in the House.

[Trump20162020]

Déjà vu. Feel I read this exact article and bill in 2022 too. Guess it didn’t pass nor was it the last Daylight Saving Time.

[hinckley buzzard]

I am well into my 8th decade of shifting to and from daylight savings, and have yet to experience the slightest problem with it. I must be missing something.

[minnesota_bound]

Just when I get use to being 1 hour behind they change it so I am 1 hour ahead.....😜

[Paladin2]

Being retired, it machts nicht to mich.

Everyday is Saturday, except for Sunday.

Even the dog doesn’t care that much.

YMMV

[AAABEST]

I HATE switching clocks twice a year... either way. Even getting the extra hour of sleep in fall messes with my bio-clock.

Dumb, old idea that needs to just go away.

[Alberta's Child]

Really — WGAF. Just live your life by your own clock, and stop giving a damn about what time the government tells you it should be.

[I want the USA back]

It’s a foolish twice-a-year exercise. Keep DST all year.

[heavy metal]

it’s about time...

[Right_Wing_Madman]

It’s a foolish twice-a-year exercise. Keep DST all year.

That seems like the easy solution, right? Except there's an important reason we didn't implement that.

[chajin]

Am I the only one who remembers Carter doing yearlong DST in the 70s, with children going to school in the night-time? I even remember a Opinion page cartoon with mothers dressing their children with miner’s flashlight hats.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Makes as much sense as asinine masks! It’s not good for your health either.

Changing Clocks to Daylight Saving Time Is Bad for Your Health

A neurologist explains why our bodies fare better when aligned with the natural light of standard time

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/changing-clocks-to-daylight-saving-time-is-bad-for-your-health/

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I hope Arizona continues to keep standard time year-round, because it works better for this state (and I like it better, too). Other states can decide for themselves what works best for them.

What we don’t need is Congress passing some one-size-fits-all legislation.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL...me, too.

But I did a LOT of domestic and international travel to Europe, South America, and Asia, so I'm used to some serious time adjustments.

It cracks me up people can't handle a one hour time change. Do they never move across time zone boundaries between states?

What about all the people that can change time zones and stay in their home state? Oregon, Idaho, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Wisconsin? Or those states with chunks that already do not do the annual time change?

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’m all for keeping same time.

BUT it is an affront to the normal definition of noon time to stay at “daylight SAVINGS time”.

12:00 should be the highest point of the sun. It always was the definition of noon and should continue.

Going to “savings” would mean sun is highest at 1:00. That makes zero sense.

Plus, it’s nice to have some daylight creeping into waking times rather than being mostly dark forever. This week we are waking at 6 and will again be covered in darkness even when driving out for the bus by 6:45. We had light by 6:30 last week.

[Allegra]

Doesn’t this subject get tossed around every year? In the spring and in the fall?

[Equine1952]

Right on! I worked 12 noon to 12 midnight for years. Then retired. I get up when I want and sleep when I’m sleepy. Generally 9:30 am to 1:00 am. I enjoy it that way.

[rktman]

Leave it standard and be done with DST. Cows and chickens don’t care.

[MinorityRepublican]

If we have to do this, split the difference in the fall and go back 30 minutes and leave it there.

[Jean2]

Thank goodness Hawaii doesn’t have DST.