State of Texas – A plan to end daylight saving time

It wasn’t established in the USA until World War I. It has been repealed, reinstated and extended over the years because many don’t like it. Doctors say the change can be hard for children but parents can easily help with the transition. In fact, most major farm groups oppose daylight saving time because it moves sunrise earlier, giving them less time in the early morning hours to get goods to market.

The jobs where you’re MOST likely to get enough sleep include air traffic controllers. church workers. teachers. and farmers.

Shifting an hour will mean more light at the end of the day, but also waking up when it’s a little darker outside.

In the dark, dreary days of winter, when the sun sets around 5 p.m, many of us dream of those summer days where daylight can last until almost 8 p.m. The tradition of springing forward and falling back is overseen by the U.S. Department of Transportation and is rooted in saving energy. States could start and end daylight saving whenever wanted, thereby causing widespread confusion especially for train and bus schedules, and the broadcast industry. Some studies claim the time switch saves energy on lighting but is surpassed by usage increases for heating and air-conditioning.

Daylight Saving Time was first used in World War I and World War II. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 changed that time frame to starting on the second Sunday of March and ending on the first Sunday of November as of 2007.

The annual ritual in the USA known as Daylight Saving Time begins at 2am tomorrow (Sunday) morning.

So, set those clocks ahead an hour before going to sleep Saturday night. “It’s people wanting to take advantage of that light time in the evening”. So enjoy the additional evening daylight now – and look forward to that extra hour of sleep in eight months’ time.

Otherwise, we’re messing with the 24-hour circadian rhythm in our bodies, which regulates when we go to sleep and when we wake up, Dr. Jamal Mohammed, co-director of sleep medicine at the University of California at Davis, told The Sacramento Bee. The case for daylight saving time has been getting weaker in recent years.

According to the NIST website, daylight saving time is the part of the year when we advance our clocks by one hour, shifting the time of day in relation to where the sun is above Earth.