Why the US kept Daylight Saving Time
Sign up for CNN’s Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Pro tip: It’s Daylight Saving Time, with singular use of “saving,” not “savings.” Reasons for Daylight Saving Time The US kept Daylight Saving Time permanent during most of World War II. In the US, states are not required by law to “fall back” or “spring forward.” Hawaii, most of Arizona and some territories in the Pacific and Caribbean do not observe Daylight Saving Time. The twice-yearly switcheroo is irritating enough to lawmakers of all political stripes that the US Senate passed legislation in March 2022 to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. On March 2, 2023, a dozen senators forming a bipartisan group reintroduced the legislation that would end clock switching in favor of permanent Daylight Saving Time.
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