Category: daylight saving time

Canadian Time Changes May Be a Thing of the Past If US Passes ‘Sunshine’ Law

Legislation in the United States that could trigger an end to seasonal time changes in Canada is moving forward again, as Canadians get ready to wind their clocks ahead an hour before going to bed Saturday night. Provinces have been promising for years to ditch the time change but have cited a need for consistency…


Springing Forward Into Daylight Saving Time Is a Step Back for Health

As people in the United States prepare to set their clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 12, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to daylight saving time. About one-third of Americans say they don’t look forward to…


Rubio Reintroduces Plan to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 for the 118th Congress, proposing an end to changing clocks twice a year. “This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid. Locking the clock has overwhelming bipartisan and popular support,” Rubio said in a press release on Thursday. “This Congress, I hope that…


Californians Gaining One Hour of Sleep as Daylight Saving Time Ends

Despite a majority of California voters’ approval in 2018 to end setting their clocks twice a year, the daylight saving time change returns this Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 a.m. when clocks “fall back” to standard time across the United States. Daylight saving is the practice of setting clocks an hour ahead to take advantage…


Fewer Car-Deer Crashes With Permanent Daylight Saving

Adopting permanent daylight saving time in the United States would reduce deer-vehicle collisions, report researchers. The switch would likely prevent an estimated 36,550 deer deaths, 33 human deaths, 2,054 human injuries, and $1.19 billion in costs each year, the study finds. Deer-vehicle collisions would decrease under permanent DST because skies would be brighter later into…


Daylight Saving Time: Five Tips to Help You Better Adjust to the Clock Change

Daylight saving time was first implemented during the first world war to take advantage of longer daylight hours and save energy. While this made a difference when we heavily relied on coal power, today the benefits are disputed. In fact, emerging research suggests that moving the clocks twice a year has negative impacts, particularly on…


BC to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent Once US House Passes Bill

Permanent daylight saving time (DST) could soon be a reality in the province of British Columbia following a U.S. Senate vote to stop changing the clocks twice a year. In 2019, B.C. had outlined a plan to switch to DST permanently, but the legislation did not set a date because the province was waiting for…


Time to Turn Those Clocks Forward, Thanks to Daylight Saving

LOS ANGELES—Daylight saving time will begin at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, meaning it’s time to “spring forward” and turn clocks ahead by one hour. The Automobile Club of Southern California warned morning drivers to be on the lookout for pedestrians, since it will be dark for an hour longer in the mornings. The…


Permanent Daylight Time Shift Remains on Hold as Clocks Set to Move Ahead Sunday

There is public support for a switch to permanent daylight time in British Columbia and Ontario, which have passed laws to allow the change, but the potential costs and risks of going it alone are holding up the move, say business and political experts. Prof. Andrey Pavlov at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie school of business…


End of Daylight Saving Time Means Winter Is on the Horizon

WASHINGTON—Winter is on the horizon again with the end of daylight saving time coming Sunday across most of the United States. Standard time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. Set the clocks back an hour before bed Saturday night and gain an extra hour of sleep. Going forward, it will be lighter earlier in…