In 2018, while governor of Florida, Sen. Rick Scott signed legislation that would exempt Florida from the time change practice and allow the state to remain on daylight saving time year-round.

Trump said. According to the U.S. Astronomical Applications Department, the Uniformed Time Act of 1966 standardized the transition between Standard and Daylight Saving Time across the country.

The Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022 to make daylight saving time permanent, but that bill was not passed by the House, and no legislation has advanced through Congress on the ...

Daylight saving time is contrary to hundreds of thousands of years of human biology, as we evolved to wake with the sun, and go to sleep when it gets dark, Hasler says.

Discover how daylight saving time affects your health, spending habits, and summer activities. Learn the history and future of this clock-changing practice.

That makes this the right time to pass SB 26, Merrick said. “Having the federal administration on board greatly increases our chances of successfully eliminating daylight saving time,” she said.

Two states – Hawaii and Arizona – don't observe daylight saving time, and many other states have considered legislation to either get rid of it or make it permanent, including Nebraska.

Daylight saving time is back. Clocks leapt forward an hour overnight and for neighbors at the Northside Christian Church, it meant their usual breakfast of pancakes and bible study on Sunday ...