The one-hour adjustment will revert to standard time on Sunday.ĭaylight saving time is already the new standard "In the last five years, 19 states have enacted legislation or passed resolutions to provide for year-round daylight saving time, if Congress were to allow such a change," according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.Ī World War I-era poster celebrates daylight saving time, with Uncle Sam changing a clock as a clock-headed figure throws its hat in the air. "The barbecue industry said it was worth $100 million." 19 states say we should all just spring forward When Congress held hearings on extending DST in the mid-1980s, officials from the golf industry said an "additional month of daylight saving was worth $200 million in additional sales of golf clubs and greens fees," Downing told NPR in 2007.
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Other supporters included the gardening industry, as well as pro baseball and tennis, according to historian Mike O'Malley of George Mason University. One of the earliest prominent backers of daylight saving was Abraham Lincoln Filene (of Filene's Department Stores), who was a driving force behind the movement during World War I. "What we don't tend to know as Americans is that the biggest lobby on behalf of daylight saving since 1915 in this country - and to this very day - is the Chamber of Commerce," Downing, who died earlier this year, said in a 2015 video about daylight saving. candy industry as a winner, since the extra hour of daylight could drive sales of more Halloween treats.īut support among businesses ran much deeper than that, according to time-change expert Michael Downing, a professor at Tufts University who wrote Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time. When daylight saving was extended into early November 15 years ago, many saw the U.S. If that happens, it would be a final victory for a plan that businesses have praised for more than 100 years.įor 2022, daylight saving time officially ends at 2 a.m. states now back a permanent shift to daylight saving time. Millions of Americans want to abandon the time change we endure twice each year, disrupting our circadian rhythms and creating confusion. But each year, more states say it's time to stop futzing with the clock and embrace daylight saving time year-round. Every state except Hawaii and Arizona currently observes daylight saving time.
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