Should the twice-a-year 1-hour “spring forward, fall back” “changing of our clocks” ritual be permanently ended (AND WHY)?

[Anonymous]

Picture from article 1 below

Reference article 1: https://www.yahoo.com/news/daylight-saving-time-sunshine-protection-181533530.html

Reference article 2: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/spring-forward-fall-back.html

HELL YES

Yes

I DON’T CARE

No

HELL NO

Updates

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UPDATE 1:
Per the [“Sunshine Protection Act of 2021”] “bill” link found in the following March 2022 article…

www.cbsnews.com/.../

…”This bill [when fully passed] makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time, effective November 5, 2023.”

Note: The “Sunshine Protection Act” bill has been “passed by the Senate [and] must still be approved by the House and signed by the president to become law.”

Updates

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UPDATE 2 — I found these articles:

news.yahoo.com/...final-time-sunday-200518398.html

From the above article:
“the Uniform Time Act [went] into law in 1966.”; and the timing of US twice-a-year clock changes changed in 1986 & 2005 (see the above article for details).

https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8780

From the above article:
“the American Academy of Sleep Medicine [is] in favor of a fixed, national, year-round standard time.”

[Aerissa_Jade]

I should be ended permanently, I don't need it to be dark at 9am in the winter time.

I know night owls love the idea of a extra hour of sunshine in the evening, but animals and rural people who have to get up early prefer it in the morning, thus no day light savings.

You can't convince animals to get up later.

Plus does anyone want their kids walking to SCHOOL in pitch black dark in the mornings? That is extremely unsafe for drivers, especially on dark rainy mornings or snowy mornings when they have to be to work by 8 or 9am and it is still totally dark.

[Asker]

Ok. This question specifically asked about whether the practice of changing clocks twice-a-year should be ended—and you answered that.

But FYI, reference article 1 (and UPDATE 1) talk about “Congress’ efforts “to permanently adopt daylight saving time.”

[Aerissa_Jade]

Yes it should be ended permanently and then left alone.

[Asker]

Uh huh. You would like Standard Time to be what we stay on permanently.

[maceygirl]

I voted no -- leave it as it is. It helps keep it light in the morning during the winter, especially in northern latitudes.. and there are so many more important issues to address.

Did anyone not read that permanent DST was already tried in 1974 in the US? It was disliked so much that that it was reverted the following year.

I don't understand why it's such a major inconvenience... You get *slightly* disoriented in your sleep schedule for a few days.. a mere two times a year.

[Asker]

Oh wow, very informed opinion. No I hadn’t read about that.

[NamerOfStars]

Absolutely- but it should be abolished, not made permanent.

Have you ever been driving early in the morning in winter, and seen a car hit a patch of ice they couldn't see because the sun's not fully up yet and the driver's not really awake? Have you then seen the care slide off the road and pancake a group of grade-schoolers waiting at the bus stop? Make DST permanent, and you will! Marco Rubio's an idiot; it's WAY more dangerous for it to be dark in the morning than at night.

[Asker]

How did you vote in this question’s poll?…

Note: this question is really only about whether the “changing of our clocks” twice a year should be ended…

…which answer-option did you select?

[NamerOfStars]

I voted "Hell yes". It SHOULD be ended; just not in the direction Congress is trying to.

[SnowedIn]

Hell yes. Why? First, it is crazy expensive. Literally billions of dollars in the United States alone. Second, it's been shown in study after study that it has a marked deleterious affect on mental health and well-being for a significant amount of time.

[Dargil]

My understanding is that Saving Time was invented to serve small rural farmers. Not necessary with the few remaining and giant corporate farms.

[Asker]

According to the reference article 2 link on this question…

“The first person to carry the idea [of Daylight Saving Time] through to fruition was the London builder William Willett. He wrote the pamphlet, Waste of Daylight in 1907…Willet's proposal was taken up in England in the First World War…”

Which answer-option did you select in this question’s poll?

[Dargil]

Yes.

[Asker]

Note: Willett “was a British builder” who, with his father, “created a reputation for "Willett built" quality houses…”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willett

[exitseven]

It is great to have more sunlight at the end of the day. Also when you change the clocks in the spring it is a sign that winter is finally over.

[Asker]

Which answer-option did you select in the poll?

[exitseven]

sorry, Hell NO

[BradBoy]

My favorite of many things when I moved to Arizona was not having to do this anymore

[Asker]

“Luckyyy.” Lol
So how did you vote in the poll?

[Asker]

…Dud you vote Yes or HELL YES?

[douride2]

Yes end all this foolishness of changing the time twice a year. It does nothing to help. If you want more hours of daylight do like the farmers & get up earlier.

[coolawsomegirl]

i don't know what you at e

[Asker]

Huh?
Which answer-option did you select in the poll?