Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight saving time was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. The most prominent recent attempt, a now-stalled bipartisan bill named the Sunshine Protection Act, had proposed making daylight saving time permanent.

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Daylight saving time starts Sunday. Why gaining an extra hour of sunlight matters
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Daylight saving time starts Sunday. Why gaining an extra hour of sunlight matters

LA Times  

At 2 a.m. Sunday, most clocks on phones and devices will automatically spring forward one hour to 3 a.m. Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: Daylight saving time starts Sunday. And here’s today’s e-newspaper Lose an hour of sleep, gain an hour of evening sunlight Early Sunday …

Elon Musk sparks debate on ending Daylight Saving Time
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Elon Musk sparks debate on ending Daylight Saving Time

Live Mint  

As the US prepares to set clocks forward by an hour this weekend, Elon Musk has reignited the debate over Daylight Saving Time. Trump's push to end DST Elon Musk has long advocated for abolishing Day Light Saving, aligning with former President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to end the time change. Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to …

Do the clocks go forward in the US this weekend?
1 month ago

Do the clocks go forward in the US this weekend?

The Independent  

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Do the clocks go forward in the US this weekend?
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Do the clocks go forward in the US this weekend?

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Daylight saving time 2025: When do the clocks move forward in the US?
1 month, 1 week ago

Daylight saving time 2025: When do the clocks move forward in the US?

The Independent  

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Donald Trump wants to change how time works forever. Here’s why
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump wants to change how time works forever. Here’s why

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.” Trump’s billionaire allies …

What is Daylight Saving Time that Donald Trump wants to end and how is it tied to US economy?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

What is Daylight Saving Time that Donald Trump wants to end and how is it tied to US economy?

India Today  

US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday that the Republican Party would make efforts to eliminate daylight saving time, calling it "inconvenient and very costly to our nation." "The Republican Party will work hard to end daylight saving time," Trump shared on social media. In March 2022, the US senate voted unanimously to make daylight saving time permanent but the …

Donald Trump Vows To End Daylight Saving Time For US, Calls It Costly And Inconvenient For Nation
Top News
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump Vows To End Daylight Saving Time For US, Calls It Costly And Inconvenient For Nation

ABP News  

Washington, Dec 14 : President-elect Donald Trump has said his Republican Party will "use its best efforts" to eliminate daylight saving time in the US as it is inconvenient and costly to the nation. In the United States, daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. In a post on …

Donald Trump vows to eliminate ‘very costly’ Daylight Saving Time in US. What is DST?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump vows to eliminate ‘very costly’ Daylight Saving Time in US. What is DST?

Live Mint  

US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday that the Republican Party will push to eliminate daylight saving time, a practice he criticized as “inconvenient” and “very costly to our Nation," as per Reuters. Daylight saving time, which shifts clocks forward by one hour during the summer months to maximize daylight in the evenings, has been implemented across most of the …

'Which direction does he want?' Trump stumps internet with Daylight Saving proposal
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Which direction does he want?' Trump stumps internet with Daylight Saving proposal

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump came out on Truth Social demanding an end to Daylight Saving Time on Friday, saying, “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! In fact, the U.S. tried making Daylight Saving Time permanent in the 1970s as an energy-saving policy but reversed it …

Donald Trump wants to eliminate ‘very costly’ daylight saving time in US
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump wants to eliminate ‘very costly’ daylight saving time in US

Hindustan Times  

US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he will push to eliminate the Daylight Saving Time, terming it as a "very costly" factor to America. "The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! First adopted as a wartime measure in 1942, Daylight saving time affects …

Trump vows to end daylight saving time, says it's 'inconvenient and very costly' to America
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump vows to end daylight saving time, says it's 'inconvenient and very costly' to America

Firstpost  

Weeks before assuming office, US President-elect Donald Trump vowed to eliminate daylight saving time, calling it “inconvenient and costly” to the United States. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” the president-elect wrote on …

Trump vows to abolish daylight saving time in US
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump vows to abolish daylight saving time in US

ABP News  

Washington, Dec 14 : President-elect Donald Trump has said his Republican Party will "use its best efforts" to eliminate daylight saving time in the US as it is inconvenient and costly to the nation. In a post on his social media site Truth Social on Friday, Trump said, "The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving …

Donald Trump says he will work to 'eliminate daylight saving time' in US
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump says he will work to 'eliminate daylight saving time' in US

ABC  

US president-elect Donald Trump says he will work to end daylight saving time, describing it as an "inconvenient" and unnecessary financial burden on the United States. 'I like it better this time': Trump named Time Person of the Year Photo shows A cover for TIME Magazine, showing Donald Trump in a red frame The president-elect beat out fellow nominees Kamala …

Trump vows to abolish daylight saving time in US: 'Inconvenient, very costly'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump vows to abolish daylight saving time in US: 'Inconvenient, very costly'

India Today  

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that he wants to end daylight saving time, describing the long-standing practice as "inconvenient" and "very costly" to Americans. "The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t!" His 2022 Sunshine Protection Act, which sought to make daylight saving time …

Trump vows to eliminate 'inconvenient and costly' daylight saving time | Here's all you need to know
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump vows to eliminate 'inconvenient and costly' daylight saving time | Here's all you need to know

India TV News  

On Wednesday, US President-elect Donald Trump said that his Republican party will put efforts into eliminating Daylight Saving Time. Dubbing it "very costly and inconvenient to America", he said that the Republican Party will push to eliminate daylight saving time in the US. History of the Daylight Saving Time Proposed by New Zealand entomologist George Hudson, the idea behind DST …

Trump's latest demand: An end to ‘inconvenient’ Daylight Saving Time
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump's latest demand: An end to ‘inconvenient’ Daylight Saving Time

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump wants to end Daylight Saving Time changes – and he said Friday the Republican Party will work to do just that. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t!” Trump said Friday in a post to his Truth Social platform. “Daylight Saving Time …

Elon Musk wants to abolish daylight savings time. It might actually be a good idea
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk wants to abolish daylight savings time. It might actually be a good idea

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now Donald Trump's new bureaucratic slasher-in-chief Elon Musk says he wants to put an …

Daylight Saving Time: Musk and Ramaswamy suggest ending time changes, reviving an effort that has failed in the past
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Daylight Saving Time: Musk and Ramaswamy suggest ending time changes, reviving an effort that has failed in the past

CNN  

Washington CNN — Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are suggesting the country stop its biannual ritual of falling back and springing forward – advocating a permanent end to time changes in a move that has garnered broad support in the past. In a series of posts on X last week, both entrepreneurs called for the US to stop changing its …

Why Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk want to eliminate daylight saving time
4 months ago

Why Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk want to eliminate daylight saving time

Firstpost  

Top Trump administration influencers, billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, are spearheading efforts to end daylight saving time, calling it inefficient and harmful. File Image/Reuters The debate surrounding daylight saving time is back again as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, both tapped by United States President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, have voiced their …

Musk and Ramaswamy reveal a new target in their efficiency war – daylight savings
4 months ago

Musk and Ramaswamy reveal a new target in their efficiency war – daylight savings

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have a new target in …

Daylight saving ends Sunday. Why that extra hour of sleep isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
5 months ago

Daylight saving ends Sunday. Why that extra hour of sleep isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

LA Times  

At 2 a.m. Sunday, most clocks on phones and devices will automatically fall back an hour to 1 a.m. California will remain on standard time until March 9, when the clocks in every state but Hawaii and most of Arizona “spring forward” an hour as daylight saving time returns. In 1942, Congress made daylight saving time permanent year-round to conserve …

Ready for fall back? How to prepare your body for next weekend’s clock shift
5 months ago

Ready for fall back? How to prepare your body for next weekend’s clock shift

The Independent  

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The Daylight Saving Time Mess Just Won't Go Away
2 years ago

The Daylight Saving Time Mess Just Won't Go Away

Wired  

On March 12, most of the US and Canada will wake up to an hour stolen. Europe will suffer the same loss two weeks later—a victim of the persistent and unpopular practice of switching to daylight saving time. Nations started switching between standard time in winter and daylight saving time in summer during the First World War, as they sought …

Editorial: End time-shift insanity! Give us permanent daylight saving time now
2 years ago

Editorial: End time-shift insanity! Give us permanent daylight saving time now

LA Times  

The suns sets behind the Santa Monica Mountains in a view from Eagle Rock along the Backbone Trail in Topanga State Park. On the second Sunday, we set the clocks forward an hour to begin daylight saving time and then spend the next few days slightly discombobulated and wondering why we still practice this odd ritual. Last March, just two …

These are the states enacting legislation to help make daylight saving time permanent
2 years, 4 months ago

These are the states enacting legislation to help make daylight saving time permanent

NPR  

These are the states enacting legislation to help make daylight saving time permanent Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images As Americans once again adjust to a changed schedule this Sunday, more states this past year joined the group to make daylight saving permanent as soon as the federal government approves it. Louisiana In 2020, Louisiana …

The U.S. tried permanent daylight saving time in the 1970s — then quickly rejected it
3 years ago

The U.S. tried permanent daylight saving time in the 1970s — then quickly rejected it

NPR  

The U.S. tried permanent daylight saving time in the 1970s — then quickly rejected it Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images The Senate gave itself a pat on the back earlier this week when senators voted without objection to make daylight saving time permanent. Congress passed a law to make daylight …

Explained: What is daylight saving time and why has the US Senate passed a bill to make it permanent?
3 years ago

Explained: What is daylight saving time and why has the US Senate passed a bill to make it permanent?

Firstpost  

The US Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the country from next year, doing away with the practice of putting clocks forward and back twice a year in spring and autumn The US Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the country from next year, doing away …

Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent
3 years ago

Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent across the United States next year. “No more switching clocks, more daylight hours to spend outside after school and after work, and more smiles — that is what we get with permanent Daylight Saving Time,” Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, the original cosponsor of …

Legislative push for permanent daylight saving time renewed
3 years, 4 months ago

Legislative push for permanent daylight saving time renewed

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Members of Congress are renewing the push to make daylight saving time permanent as most of the nation prepares to turn back the clocks one hour this Sunday. “It’s time for Congress to take up this bipartisan legislation to make daylight saving time permanent and give Rhode Islanders an hour of afternoon sunshine back during the dark …

Editorial: Time to stop messing around with time. Dump the clock-changing foolishness, already
4 years ago

Editorial: Time to stop messing around with time. Dump the clock-changing foolishness, already

LA Times  

It will be time to spring forward Sunday at 2 a.m. Nevertheless, momentum is building nationally to dump this practice and stick with daylight saving time year round. Two states don’t do the clock-changing thing at all, but that’s because they recognize standard time year round: Arizona, because of the summer heat, and Hawaii, because of its proximity to the …

Daylight Saving an Idea Whose Time Has Passed
6 years ago

Daylight Saving an Idea Whose Time Has Passed

Associated Press  

By Marco Rubio and Vern Buchanan Special to The Washington Post This past weekend, Americans were forced to comply with an antiquated practice that continues to frustrate a growing majority of the public: the biannual practice of changing our clocks. It’s time for Congress to finally do away with the hour shifting by making Daylight Saving Time permanent. There is …

Trump suggests making daylight saving time permanent amid possible law change
6 years ago

Trump suggests making daylight saving time permanent amid possible law change

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump has weighed into a hot debate regarding daylight …

Daylight Saving Time is not the enemy. Standard Time is.
6 years ago

Daylight Saving Time is not the enemy. Standard Time is.

Slate  

Twice a year, Americans come together to complain about time. The Los Angeles Times described the measure as “ending daylight saving time”; CBS called it “the first step of abolishing” DST. The media’s inability to articulate the proposition’s purpose may have led to voter bewilderment, as illustrated in the CBS article, which features a California resident who asserts: “I don’t …

Endorsement: Vote yes on Proposition 7 to force another look at daylight saving time
6 years, 6 months ago

Endorsement: Vote yes on Proposition 7 to force another look at daylight saving time

LA Times  

In a few weeks, most Americans will turn their clocks back one hour as daylight saving time ends and standard time begins. In other words, Proposition 7 won’t stop the clock-changing; it would just allow the discussion to continue about the merits of doing so, as well as making the procedural changes needed to allow a future shift to permanent …

The dark side of daylight saving time
7 years ago

The dark side of daylight saving time

Salon  

A train hurtled around a corner at 82 mph, eventually coming off the rails and killing four passengers. Even for those with good sleep hygiene, there is one time of year when you are likely to be short on sleep — the annual shift to daylight saving time. Even with the extra daylight, the facts don’t look so good The …

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