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Despite bipartisan support, the push to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent in the US has seen no progress this year. The end of DST on November 5, 2023, will lead to earlier sunsets, which can trigger Seasonal Affective Disorder in some individuals, but also provides an extra hour of sleep. The biannual time change, seen as an irritation by lawmakers, affects sunrise and sunset times, marking the start of the solar winter. Advocates for permanent DST cite potential energy savings, crime reduction, and economic benefits. However, the potential effects of a permanent DST are mixed and continue to spark debate.
When the rest of the USA changes their clocks, but you don’t, and folks complain about recurring meetings automatically moving an hour. https://t.co/pqMK0lL8dX
It will be a bittersweet weekend. On the one hand, we get an extra hour of sleep on Sunday morning. On the other hand, we won't see the sun during our morning or evening commute here in the northeast for the next four months.
Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday at 2 am. ⏰ Enjoy that extra hour. Meanwhile, check out the sunrise and sunset times. #Chicago #ilwx https://t.co/LmdYlBzuXv
Get ready to "fall back" this Sunday! https://t.co/AcOGwg62NZ
1) Dem MA Sen Markey calls for making Daylight Saving Time Permanant:. Markey: When we ‘fall back’ and lose the extra hour of daylight saving time on Sunday, we are sacrificing energy savings, crime reduction and economic benefits for darkness.
I see a lot of people debate the time change without much knowledge about what they're really advocating for. Below are the daylight times we would have under 3 different scenarios. They all have their pros and cons. #ncwx #daylightsavingtime https://t.co/ka8Ot3uFFn
Our latest sunrises of the year (7:40am) are happening right now. They'll shift to 6:40am this weekend.
When the clocks in the U.S. fall back on Sunday, it’ll be dark much earlier. But if you embrace the extra early morning sunshine, your mood doesn’t have to suffer. Here are some ways to welcome the change. https://t.co/vZenxZRc63
This weekend marks the end of DST and the annual conversation of "Why do we do this?" Sunday is also the start of solar winter, which is the darkest quarter of the year. #wbz https://t.co/imt99ahpek
While some people feel a little blue following the end of daylight-saving time, others experience a more serious Seasonal Affective Disorder. Here's a game plan to conquer the time change—and your mood. 👇 https://t.co/elOh4gAlEv
November 5, 2023, marks the end of daylight saving time, and most smartphone #clocks will spring ahead one hour automatically. Here's how to do it, just in case. https://t.co/hiJGSVRWLG
Daylight saving time 2023: Why attempts to make observation permanent failed https://t.co/SCHa8jzgvp https://t.co/3sfQmPesUK
No one looks at the positive of switching back to standard time – it won’t be dark at 7:30 a.m. on Monday when you’re arriving at work or school. Saturday’s sunrise is the latest of the entire year. The sunrises in December and January are earlier than Saturday’s because the… https://t.co/HtzViXnrW6 https://t.co/bxj9rwyV52
Love it or hate it, the time change is coming this weekend! We fall back one hour Saturday night, so turn the clocks back before hitting the hay. We jump ahead one hour the first weekend of March. Might want to check the battery in the smoke detector too. #NCwx #SCwx #CLTwx https://t.co/Msb9pUIvmr
Tonight marks Rochester's last post-6pm sunset. We will get only two post-5pm sunsets on Friday & Saturday before the time change delivers a swift kick to the gut, knocking our sunset to 4:57pm by Sunday. D'oh! https://t.co/r4nlfm2J5q
We "fall back" and switch our clocks to standard time on Sunday, and a number of sleep experts want to stay in that time zone permanently. https://t.co/AocINaScXt
There's evidence that permanent daylight saving time would have mixed effects https://t.co/Ur1oHGcIHY
The twice-yearly switcheroo is irritating enough to lawmakers of all political stripes that the U.S. Senate passed legislation in March 2022 to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. https://t.co/MySau2SOIN
See you Sunday! https://t.co/lFriIJyhyh
“It’s time to put a stop to the twice-a-year time-change madness,” said U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, a cosponsor of a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent, in March. That bill, however, has not seen any movement this year https://t.co/JkRDyU88V2