Daylight Saving Time: Why Are We Still Doing This?

It’s that time of the year again:  Time to change our clocks.  And even though fewer and fewer clocks need to be manually changed, roughly 0% of us like this process . . . especially in the spring, when we LOSE an hour.

Most Americans will “spring forward” into Daylight Saving Time this Sunday morning at 2:00 A.M.  Meaning we’ll jump from 1:59 to 3:00 A.M. after going to bed on Saturday.

The debate over ENDING Daylight Saving Time has been kicking around for DECADES now.  There have been several times recently when it seemed like the government would kill it . . . but it keeps getting stuck in Congress.

President Trump and Elon Musk are FOR ending the madness.  But we’ve heard that before . . . from both parties.

In December, Trump said that “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.”  But last week, he said it isn’t a priority.  Quote, “It’s a 50/50 issue, and if something is a 50/50 issue, it’s hard to get excited about it.”  Here’s video.

Elon put up a poll on X, asking people if they’d prefer to stick to Standard Time permanently, which is the time we’re in now.  Or if they’d like to make Daylight Saving permanent, and not go back in the fall.

Last we checked, more than 1.3 million users voted, and 58% of people prefer being “an hour later” with Daylight Saving Time, while 42% of people want an “hour earlier” of sunshine with Standard Time.

In a previous poll, 21% of people said they think changing the clocks the way we’re doing it is still the best option.  62% want to stop shifting the clocks, and the other 17% are undecided.

Of people who want to STOP doing it, 50% think we should switch to permanent Daylight Saving Time.  31% want permanent Standard Time.  Everyone else said they don’t have an opinion, JUST PICK ONE.

19% of Americans prefer waking up when it’s dark out.  Something that happens more because of Daylight Saving Time.  Generally, it sounds like “morning people” and older folks prefer Standard Time, while younger adults and night owls prefer the later sunsets on summer nights.

(Time / Fox Business / Fast Company / USA Today)