At 2 a.m. ET on Sunday, clocks in the U.S. will turn back one hour as daylight saving time ends, marking the beginning of winter’s dark evenings.
The change often renews the longstanding debate about the tradition. A push in the U.S. Congress to make daylight-saving time permanent, which was unanimously passed by the Senate earlier this year, has stalled in the House, with a key lawmaker telling Reuters they have been unable to reach a consensus.
The bill never came up for a vote in the House, NBC reported. The bill needs to pass the House and be signed into law by President Joe Biden to take effect.
Over the summer, the Democratic chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee was quoted saying they had “other priorities.”
It would have given us an extra hour of daylight in the evening year-round starting next year.
It’s still not clear what will end up happening with the measure, but for the moment, it is not law.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who introduced the act, suggested it would reduce crime, encourage kids to play outside and lower the risk of heart attacks and car accidents.
“There’s some strong science behind it that is now showing and making people aware of the harm that clock-switching has,” Rubio said on the Senate floor in March.
But the research is mixed overall, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine supports the opposite switch to permanent standard time, given research showing that our bodies function best with more sunlight in the morning.
“I have received calls from constituents who prefer permanent standard time because they have safety concerns for children who have to wait too long in the dark during winter for the school bus,” said Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Democratic member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where the bill currently sits.
“And I have heard from constituents and businesses who prefer permanent daylight saving time because they prefer longer daylight hours.”
Schakowsky said there does not seem to be a consensus among voters yet, but “we know that the majority of Americans do not want to keep switching the clocks back and forth.”
Question is will winter time stay winter time the whole year round? And not have to change clocks ahead by March (2023)
Lets not change anything because may not be able to pray before work during certain periods of the year
FORGET ABOUT AN EXTRA HOUR OF DAYLIGHT, IF THEY PASSED THAT IT WOULD MEAN ONE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PUT ON TALLIS AND TEFILLIN UNTIL MUCH LATER DURING WINTER. LITERALLY AFFECTING WORK AND SCHOOL RUN SCHEDULES
So it’s good we’re changing clocks now
It will make sense to stay on winter time ONLY.
Think about it.
Summer. Earliest getting light would be 3: 30AM in the morning.
Winter. Earliest getting light 6:30AM in the morning.
Doesn’t that make sense?
Summer.
Shabbos would come in Approx 730PM. Out 830PM.
Winter.
Shabbos would come in Approx 430PM. Out 530PM.
Congress needs to get that act……..
Should be explained to……..(Donald Trump)
No one is going to talk about the CRAZY prices that went at least 30 – 40% more expensive??
It’s how Hashem created our bodies.
Places like Florida don’t factor into the equation because they are near the equator already, and have mostly even days regardless of the time of year.
For those locations farther north or south, the extremes are too much.
If it’s already getting dark later, we don’t need to make that even much later. If anything, the ‘daylight savings’ could be swapped, so that days are more even between day and light, regardless of the season.