US Considers Permanent Daylight Saving Time Again. How It Could Work
The US Congress is considering legislation to make daylight saving time permanent, a move supported by some medical groups but historically met with public resistance. Previous attempts in the 1970s were repealed due to concerns over morning darkness for schoolchildren.
Why it matters
Permanent daylight saving time would represent a significant shift in daily life and public policy, balancing health benefits against societal habits.
It's an idea whose time, as it were, may have come - again.The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the United States could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes it through. But even as annoying as some find the back-and-forth of the time shift in the spring and the fall, that doesn't necessarily mean sticking to one would go over well. America has tried it before, most recently in the 1970s, and it didn't last.Now it's a new era, one full of people working at home who didn't before - and advances in sleep science that tell a more nuanced tale.Could this time (shift) be the charm?The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill that makes the shift to daylight saving time, when clocks are moved forward one hour, become permanent.Currently, the shift is…
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