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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
It's 'Texas Time': Legislature OKs permanent daylight saving time, but Congress must also act
Texas lawmakers want to stop changing the clocks. Texas senators approved House Bill 1393 on Thursday, which adopts permanent daylight saving time, doing away with the current practice of changing the clocks by an hour every spring and autumn. Introduced by state Rep. Will Metcalf, a Republican from Conroe who introduced a similar bill during the last legislative session, the bill would eliminate the biannual clock changes for both parts of the state on Central Standard Time and on Mountain Standard Time. The law requires that this new time standard be referred to as "Texas Time." The bill now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott to be signed into law. However, the bill cannot yet take effect because of a superseding federal law, the Uniform Time Act, that states that daylight saving time must begin and end on federally mandated dates. "This is effectively a trigger bill waiting for change with the federal government," state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a Houston Republican who sponsored the bill, said before a Senate debate. With the bill's passage, Texas joins 18 other states that have adopted similar laws and there is interest to make the change at the federal level. Last month, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz advocated for eliminating the time changes during a Senate committee hearing on commerce, science, and transportation. U.S. Sens. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, and Rick Scott, a Florida Republican, also introduced a bill adopting permanent daylight saving time, the Sunshine Protection Act, earlier this year. This would not be the first time the U.S. adopted permanent daylight saving time. The country experimented with the lack of time changes in the 1970s during the Nixon administration as a way to conserve energy. But the experiment, which was meant to last two years, ended early as public opinion soured on permanent daylight saving time over concerns that children heading to school in the darkness were more susceptible to traffic accidents. While polling shows most Americans support eliminating the time changes, state Sen. Nathan Johnson, a Dallas Democrat, urged lawmakers to rethink their support for the bill, pointing to studies that show that standard time is healthier as it aligns with the body's natural circadian rhythms, which regulate sleep-wake cycles. Reporting in the Rio Grande Valley is supported in part by the Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. First round of TribFest speakers announced! Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Maureen Dowd; U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio; Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker; U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California; and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas are taking the stage Nov. 13–15 in Austin. Get your tickets today!
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Why these 2 states didn't ‘spring forward' to daylight saving time this morning
(NEXSTAR) — You may have been groggy this morning thanks to our clocks 'springing forward' an hour overnight. Unless, of course, you live in either of the two states that don't observe daylight saving time. Then this Sunday is just like every other Sunday. While the rest of the U.S. uses daylight saving time to gain additional sunlight when we want it most, it's an abundance of sunshine that keeps two states on standard time year-round. What would change if daylight saving time became permanent? It's Hawaii and most of Arizona that remain on standard time all year, skipping the switching of the clocks in March and November. Arizona — with the exception of the Navajo Nation — has observed Mountain Standard Time year-round since 1968. By remaining on standard time, Arizona sees an earlier sunset (at least according to the clocks,) which offers quicker relief on hot summer days, The Arizona Republic explains. In Hawaii, the driving force to its standard time observation is its proximity to the quarter, which means there isn't much difference in how much sun they see throughout the year. And why bother 'saving' daylight when you already get so much of it? Trump signals he won't seek to change daylight saving time: 'It's a 50/50 issue' Several states have considered replicating Hawaii and Arizona, including more than a dozen where legislation for permanent standard time has been introduced this year. Under the Uniform Time Act of 1966, states can exempt themselves from daylight saving time by observing permanent standard time year-round, but they cannot observe permanent daylight saving time all year. Many states — including some also considering permanent standard time — have seen attempts to observe permanent daylight saving time in recent months. Daylight saving time 2025: These states are trying to 'lock the clocks' Congress has tried to pass laws to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. Four related bills — two to enact permanent daylight saving time and two to give states the power to observe it year-round — have been introduced in Congress this year. All three remain in committees as of early March. As for now, our clocks are set to 'fall back' an hour on November 2. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
09-03-2025
- Climate
- The Hill
Why these 2 states didn't ‘spring forward' to daylight saving time this morning
(NEXSTAR) — You may have been groggy this morning thanks to our clocks 'springing forward' an hour overnight. Unless, of course, you live in either of the two states that don't observe daylight saving time. Then this Sunday is just like every other Sunday. While the rest of the U.S. uses daylight saving time to gain additional sunlight when we want it most, it's an abundance of sunshine that keeps two states on standard time year-round. What would change if daylight saving time became permanent? It's Hawaii and most of Arizona that remain on standard time all year, skipping the switching of the clocks in March and November. Arizona — with the exception of the Navajo Nation — has observed Mountain Standard Time year-round since 1968. By remaining on standard time, Arizona sees an earlier sunset (at least according to the clocks,) which offers quicker relief on hot summer days, The Arizona Republic explains. In Hawaii, the driving force to its standard time observation is its proximity to the quarter, which means there isn't much difference in how much sun they see throughout the year. And why bother 'saving' daylight when you already get so much of it? Trump signals he won't seek to change daylight saving time: 'It's a 50/50 issue' Several states have considered replicating Hawaii and Arizona, including more than a dozen where legislation for permanent standard time has been introduced this year. Under the Uniform Time Act of 1966, states can exempt themselves from daylight saving time by observing permanent standard time year-round, but they cannot observe permanent daylight saving time all year. Many states — including some also considering permanent standard time — have seen attempts to observe permanent daylight saving time in recent months. Congress has tried to pass laws to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. Four related bills — two to enact permanent daylight saving time and two to give states the power to observe it year-round — have been introduced in Congress this year. All three remain in committees as of early March. As for now, our clocks are set to 'fall back' an hour on November 2.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Daylight savings time takes effect Sunday. Did you need to change your Arizona clocks?
Daylight saving time began early Sunday morning, but Arizonans didn't need to adjust their clocks — only how they track time in the rest of the country. Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, remaining on Mountain Standard Time year-round and avoiding the annual shift of losing and gaining an hour. The rest of the country, including parts of the Navajo Nation within Arizona, observes daylight saving time. On Sunday at 2 a.m., clocks moved forward one hour to 3 a.m., a change that will remain in effect until standard time returns in November. The Navajo Nation spans Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, and observes daylight saving time to ensure the same time zone exists for all members. Due to Arizona's extreme heat, the state opted out of daylight saving time to allow residents to experience cooler evening temperatures earlier than the rest of the country. Arizona initially observed daylight saving time until 1918, but the state made the change permanent in 1968, according to the Secretary of State's website. President Donald Trump in December, before he was sworn in, suggested eliminating daylight savings time, labeling it as "inconvenient" and costly to the U.S., as he wrote on social media Truth Social, which the president owns. On Thursday, President Trump said daylight savings time is "a very much 50/50 issue," and avoided any further advocation on either side of the debate. The Arizona Republic's Olivia Rose and USA TODAY's Anthony Robledo contributed to this article. Reach reporter Rey Covarrubias Jr. at rcovarrubias@ Follow him on X, Threads and Bluesky @ReyCJrAZ. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Daylight savings time starts across the nation. Will it in Arizona?
CBC
07-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Time to spring forward? It depends where you live
In B.C. and Ontario, there's been public chatter about doing away with time changes for years. In Saskatchewan, most people have never changed their clocks. Here's a primer on where each of the provinces and territories stand. British Columbia passed legislation in 2019 to move to year-round daylight time "at a time that maintains alignment with Washington, Oregon, California and Yukon," the B.C. government said in a media release. There are parts of B.C. that do not change their clocks: the northeastern Peace region and the southeastern town of Creston. They are aligned with Alberta (Mountain Standard Time) in the winter and B.C. (Pacific Daylight Time) in the summer. Alberta held a binding referendum on Oct. 18, 2021, on whether to continue changing clocks twice a year. Albertans voted 50.2 per cent in favour of continuing the practice. Saskatchewan does not change its clocks and remains on Central Standard Time year-round, meaning it's aligned with Alberta in the summer and Manitoba in the winter. Only the city of Lloydminster, which straddles the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan, follows Mountain Standard Time in the winter. Manitoba introduced legislation to adopt permanent daylight time in 2022, but only if the U.S. does so as well. Ontario passed legislation in 2020 to adopt permanent daylight time, but only if Quebec and New York state do so as well. Quebec held an online public consultation about whether to abolish time changes and which system to adopt, in the fall and winter of 2024. Officials are reviewing the responses, the Quebec Ministry of Justice said in a statement. Atlantic premiers mused publicly about adopting permanent daylight time in 2022, but said they would not pursue it unless others take the lead, noting that any change would likely involve the entire region. Yukon moved to permanent daylight time (now called Yukon Time) in 2020 and no longer changes the clocks. It is aligned with Alberta in the winter and B.C. in the summer. Northwest Territories held a public consultation on whether to end time changes in 2022. Survey respondents voted 87 per cent in favour of abolishing the changes, with just over half (53.2 per cent) voting to stay on daylight time year-round. The territorial government has yet to announce whether it will make the transition.
