Time change focus of Musk X / Twitter daylight saving time poll. US reaction to Trump DST query

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06-03-2025

Daylight saving time is this weekend, and Elon Musk recently polled the masses on X / Twitter about what they would desire in the United States.
Will President Donald Trump end daylight saving time in the U.S. permanently?
Here's what to know from when DST starts and why it exists to responses on Musk's DST options and what we know about President Donald Trump potentially ending daylight saving time.
Participating states turn clocks forward an hour on the second Sunday in March during the spring. Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday of November in the fall of each year and that's when states turn clocks back an hour.
In the U.S., clocks will officially spring forward at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9, 2025.
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A poll by Elon Musk on X / Twitter with more than 21 million views asked the question: "If daylight savings time change is canceled, do you prefer:"
An hour earlier
An hour later
President Donald Trump did not set a date but declared through social media platform Truth Social that he would eliminate Daylight Saving Time − which would also require approval from Congress:
"The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation."
We lose an hour of sleep when the clocks "spring forward" and are turned ahead at 2 a.m. for one hour when Daylight Saving Time begins.
In the fall when DST ends, clocks "fall back" an hour in November. That is when people gain an hour of sleep.
In an interview with Time Magazine, author Michael Downing cited his book, "Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time," to explain how Amtrak and the railroads were the main reason clocks change at 2 a.m. for DST.
There were no trains leaving the station at 2 a.m. on Sundays in New York City when Daylight Saving Time was established.
"Sunday morning at 2 a.m. was when they would interrupt the least amount of train travel around the country,' Downing said.
As of July 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation noted that only Hawaii and parts of Arizona do not participate in daylight saving time. The Navajo Nation is the lone exception in Arizona.
The territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands also do not participate.
According to the website, states may exempt themselves from observing daylight saving time by state law in accordance with the Uniform Time Act, as amended.
Visit timeanddate.com to see the current time in Indianapolis.
Daylight saving time is meant to provide extra sunlight during the spring, summer and fall seasons, but in Indiana, there's a very complicated past with DST. While Indiana has spent some time without switching clocks, Hoosiers currently turn their clocks forward an hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall.
Chris Sims is a digital content producer at Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Daylight Savings 2025: Will Trump end DST? US reacts to Musk time change poll