Anti Daylight Savings Time
President Richard Nixon signed an act establishing a trial period of year-round Daylight Saving Time on Dec. 15, 1973. But as Americans faced the reality of dark winter mornings, public approval dropped.
Should the United States keep Daylight Saving Time? Learn the pros and cons of the debate. This column examines the health impacts, societal costs, and the outdated rationale behind the implementation of Daylight Saving Time, and argues that there is good reason to abolish it. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) endorses eliminating Daylight Saving Time and staying on Standard Time year round, citing the increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, atrial...
Numerous states have passed legislation mandating permanent daylight saving time. Some of these laws are contingent on other states around them also doing the same. Since 2018, 19 states including much of the South and a block of states in the northwestern U.S.
have adopted laws calling for a move to permanent daylight saving time. Here is the case for instating permanent daylight saving time, including the pros and cons for ending our leap forward in the spring. Each spring, clocks in most of the United States leap forward an hour for summer daylight saving time, renewing debate over whether the switch should be abandoned in favor of a consistent year-round schedule.
The Coalition for Permanent Standard Time (CpST) is a dedicated group of diverse organizations and individuals who support the elimination of biannual clock change in the United States through the restoration of permanent standard time. As people in the U.S. prepare to set their clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, , I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines...
