President-elect Trump's call to end Daylight Saving Time sparks debate.
President-elect Donald Trump has revived the decades-old debate over daylight saving time (DST). He has described it as 'inconvenient,' and 'very costly to our nation,' and announced the the Republican Party would aim to eliminate the practice, a measure which has been backed by multiple allies including Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.Public opinion is somewhat divided on the issue, and politicians have diverging opinions on both sides of the bench.
From what the president-elect has said, to public opposition and expert opinion, Newsweek looks at what the end of DST would really mean for the U.S.Newsweek has reached out to the Trump transition team for comment via email.Almost two-thirds of the 1,000 U.S. adults surveyed in a 2022 YouGov poll wanted to end time changes. However, 53 percent of those polled said they wanted to make daylight saving time permanent, compared to 32 percent who preferred standard time.The American Medical Association and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine have said in the past that it is better to do away with the time changes, and stick with standard time as it aligns better with the sun and human biology.Eliminating the clock change would require approval from Congress. There have been a number of bipartisan efforts to pass a bill, though all have failed.The Senate unanimously passed a bill in 2022 to make daylight saving time permanent, but it ultimately died in the House.Another effort to pass a similar bill in 2023 also failed.DST is the practice of setting clocks forward by one hour during the warmer months of the year to extend evening daylight and reduce the need for artificial lighting. It is commonly used in many countries. In the U.S., DST begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in Novembe
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