Millions of Americans regained an hour of sleep over the weekend as the nation reverted to standard time through mid-March. The transition highlights a policy stalemate over the Sunshine Protection Act, which passed the House but faces resistance from senators mindful of a failed 1970s experiment with year-round daylight time. Meanwhile, medical organizations such as the American Academy of Sleep Medicine warn that darker mornings disrupt natural human sleep cycles and endanger children commuting to school in the dark.
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A Gallup survey found 48% of Americans favor permanent standard time, while only 24% supp…: A Gallup survey found 48% of Americans favor permanent standard time, while only 24% support permanent daylight saving time.
Sleep experts advocate for year-round standard time to prevent sleep cycle disruption and…: Sleep experts advocate for year-round standard time to prevent sleep cycle disruption and protect children commuting in morning darkness.
Clocks across participating areas will spring forward again on March 14, 2027, unless pen…: Clocks across participating areas will spring forward again on March 14, 2027, unless pending federal legislation advances beforehand.
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Most of the US turned its clocks back by an hour on Sunday, November 1, as daylight saving time ended for 2026. The switch happened at 2 am local time, the night after Halloween, giving millions an extra hour of sleep and much darker evenings until mid-March.
The change comes as President
Donald Trump pushes to make daylight saving time permanent. Sleep experts also want to scrap the twice-yearly switch, just not the way the White House does. They prefer permanent standard time, the very clock Americans returned to this weekend.
Smartphones update on their own, but ovens, microwaves and car dashboards need a manual reset. Hawaii and most of Arizona skip DST, so their clocks stayed put, as did US territories like Puerto Rico and Guam. The Navajo Nation in Arizona does switch to match its communities in New Mexico and Utah.
The difference shows quickly. Boston's sun set at 5:39 pm on Saturday and at 4:37 pm on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
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