I just caught on the NBC news about daylight savings time being permanent, if it is passed into law by the U.S.

My region has approved this last year but it was dependent on other regions around us agreeing to the change, including some States. If passed into law in the U.S. will it apply to all States or will individual States still be able to opt out ?

 

Knowing our politicians they will let individual streets opt out.

 

^^Did you mean states? Would be very confusing if each block had their own time.

 

I think you missed the /S (for sarcasm) tag.

 

I reckon so.

 

If it means I don't have to change the clock two times every year, I am all for it.

 

That would be the result yes. I've been waiting for this for a long time. The US would not start it until November 2023

US Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent (msn.com)

 

Before DST became the law of the land here in Ohio each county could decide if they wanted DST. It was a cluster!

I expect our elected leaders to make it worse!

 

It is worse. They want to keep DST instead of keeping standard time. Think Arizona and Hawaii. So now we are going to have pretend time permanently installed of standard. How did we get standard? Without another historical review changed by railroads, it essentially meant noon was when the sun was at its zenith. Now we will be off an hour. It is going to screw up circadian rhythms.

Quote:

https://napavalleyregister.com/news/...6461a437e.html

A brief history of daylight saving time

Congress instituted daylight saving time during World War I and again during World War II, and once again during the energy crisis of the early 1970s. The idea was that having extra light later into the afternoon would save energy by decreasing the need for electric lighting. This idea has since been proved largely inaccurate, as heating needs may increase in the morning in the winter, while air conditioning needs can also increase in the late afternoon in the summer.

Another pro-daylight saving argument has been that crime rates drop with more light at the end of the day. While this has been proved true, the change is very small, and the health effects appear to outweigh the lower rates of crime.

After World War II, it was left to state governments to set the start and end dates for daylight saving time. Because this created many railroad scheduling and safety problems, however, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act in 1966. This law set the nationwide dates of daylight saving time from the last Sunday in April until the last Sunday in October.

In 2007, Congress amended the Uniform Time Act to expand daylight saving time from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, dates that remain in effect today.

The law allows states and territories to opt out of daylight saving time, however. Arizona and Hawaii are on permanent standard time, along with Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and American Samoa. Now, many other states are considering whether to stop falling back and springing ahead.

The question then becomes: Should they pick permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time?

 

I just want a permanent time, I never thought of one over the other , but I am good with either. I just want the changes to stop and the one hour does affect me and my pets ! lol.