BREAKING—a bill to make Daylight Savings permanent just passed the US Senate by **Unanimous Consent** (S.623: Sunshine Protection Act, as amended to make Daylight Saving Time permanent). It only needs to now pass the House before going to Biden’s desk!
YES— it happened—the US Senate does something right today… permanent DST for the (hopeful) win!
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1503801955038253068
To be clear— we are currently in “Daylight saving time” between mid March and November. So it would make our current time permanent. No more clock switching if it passes the House. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_…
4) DST bill update — Rubio says implementation of DST permanency would still be delayed until 2023 to allow for airlines and other companies to have time to build out software and schedule adjustments.
5) Apparently people who live in Seattle (they barely enough sunlight anyway) and live on the horizon facing East edge of time zone might be grumpier than others I expect since it’s darker & sunrise later for them. Others don’t like 9am sunrise in winter. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/g…
6) OKAY—looking at comments—everyone hates time changing—but there’s a DST camp that likes sunrise later & sunset later, and there is the Standard Time camp that likes earlier sunrise more (but earlier sunset). My preference is more sunlight after school/work, hence I’m pro-DST.
7) That said, with permanent DST, waking up 7am in the darkness (sometimes 9am sunrise in winter) could be more painful for some people, which I empathize. But a lot of the studies on time shifting is due to SHIFTING causing circadian problems—total sunlight is still constant.
8) I know I know getting kids up in the morning for school in winter under permanent DST will be more painful. But the flip side for DST is that kids could have more outdoor afterschool activities & exercise too!!! Kids can run around after school until 5pm instead of 4pm sunset!
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