{"id":417628,"date":"2022-03-17T02:03:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T23:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/americas-already-rejected-permanent-daylight-saving-time\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T02:03:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T23:03:35","slug":"americas-already-rejected-permanent-daylight-saving-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/americas-already-rejected-permanent-daylight-saving-time\/","title":{"rendered":"#America&#8217;s already rejected permanent daylight saving time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2599445ea17\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2599445ea17\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/americas-already-rejected-permanent-daylight-saving-time\/#%E2%80%9CAmericas_already_rejected_permanent_daylight_saving_time%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;America&#8217;s already rejected permanent daylight saving time&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAmericas_already_rejected_permanent_daylight_saving_time%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;America&#8217;s already rejected permanent daylight saving time&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The US Senate just voted to make millions of kids go to school before sunrise for months at a time, via a bill to put the whole country on permanent daylight saving time. That problem is just one of many with the idea of eliminating the twice-a-year clock resets.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, we already tried it, back in the \u201970s \u2014 and changed our minds.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, tens of millions of Americans could get another hour of sleep one night of the year \u2014 but, as a result, they would have to go to work or school in the dark and cold for four months. Alternatively, other millions of Americans would lose 240 days of beautiful spring and summer evenings.<\/p>\n<p>Those would be the effects of proposals nationally and in many states to install either permanent daylight time (keeping summer DST throughout winter) or permanent standard time (using winter\u2019s standard time all year). While these options may seem enticing, both have major flaws.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/capitol.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Capitol building\" class=\"wp-image-21552502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/capitol.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/capitol.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/capitol.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The US Senate recently voted to make daylight saving time permanent. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our current system, spring-to-fall DST followed by standard time in winter, is an excellent compromise. It provides DST\u2019s numerous benefits most of the year and avoids winter DST\u2019s many problems in the darkest, coldest months.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate plan passed Tuesday, permanent daylight time, is not a new idea at all. It has already been tried across the entire United States, proved quite unpopular nationally and was quickly discontinued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/iStock-531851062.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"School bus\" class=\"wp-image-21552276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/iStock-531851062.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/iStock-531851062.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/iStock-531851062.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/iStock-531851062.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Permanent daylight saving time could cause millions of students to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> to school before sunrise. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/grand-central.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Grand Central\" class=\"wp-image-21552305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/grand-central.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/grand-central.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/grand-central.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Permanent daylight saving time could force Americans to go to work in the dark for months out of the year. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During a national energy crisis in 1974, the federal government initiated nationwide permanent DST for two years. But winter DST rapidly lost favor. People disliked going to work on very dark winter mornings. They especially detested sending children to school on very dark mornings, walking dark streets or waiting for buses on dark roads<\/p>\n<p>Polls showed DST popular for most months \u2014 but not November through February. Congress agreed with the national judgment and eliminated permanent DST \u2014 though the program would\u2019ve automatically terminated after one more year.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent daylight time makes already-late winter sunrises one hour later \u2014 New York, Chicago and San Francisco sunrises about 8:30 a.m.; Minneapolis, Detroit and Seattle sunrises about 9 a.m.; in some US areas sunrises after 9:30 a.m. Many would leave for work or school in full darkness.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, under winter DST, mornings would also be colder \u2014 unpleasant everywhere and especially in more frigid areas. Many people would be out before sunrise, when it\u2019s coldest.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/beach.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Beach\" class=\"wp-image-21552334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/beach.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/beach.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/beach.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Permanent Standard Time makes sunrises in the summer extremely early. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other issues: Sleep and circadian-cycle experts state that dark mornings are worse for health than dark evenings and exposure to daylight soon after waking is important.<\/p>\n<p>The other idea, permanent standard time, eliminates the many benefits of eight months of DST. Numerous studies show that spring-to-fall DST lowers traffic fatalities, reduces crimes like mugging, increases public health and life quality by getting people outdoors more, trims energy usage and minimizes energy peaks.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent standard time makes many spring and summer sunrises extremely early, while everyone is sleeping: New York, Chicago and Las Vegas sunrises before 4:30 a.m.; Los Angeles, Washington and Cleveland sunrises before 5 a.m. For many months, Americans would sleep through morning sunshine, wasting daylight better employed later that day. Today\u2019s DST plan moves one\u00a0\u201cwasted\u201d sunshine hour to a much more usable evening hour.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1966, every state could choose permanent standard time; all but two rejected it and those for unique reasons. Hawaii is near the equator, where daylight hours vary little over the year and thus DST\u2019s benefits are smaller. Arizona? With extreme summer heat in its most populous areas, people don\u2019t <em>want <\/em>added summer daylight \u2014 instead they await sunset to go outdoors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nyc-dusk.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New York City\" class=\"wp-image-21552380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nyc-dusk.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nyc-dusk.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nyc-dusk.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Polls show daylight saving time is not popular in the months of  November-February. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both permanent DST and permanent standard time would eliminate DST\u2019s clock changes. While many find the change a minor annoyance and quickly adjust, others feel it\u2019s troublesome, with reports of short-term negative impacts. But the effects of the clock change last just one or a few days, while summer DST\u2019s benefits last 240 days and winter standard time\u2019s benefits last 120 days.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The forward clock change is similar to traveling one time zone to the east (Chicago to New York, London to Paris, Beijing to Tokyo), which multitudes do worldwide every single day. (And many travel across multiple time zones.)<\/p>\n<p>There are better ways than transforming our time system to minimize any negative effects of the clock change, such as the very short-term increase of a day or two in car accidents. Several days in advance of each DST transition, for example, a public-service campaign could remind people the clock change is coming and encourage more sleep and going to sleep earlier the days before. That\u2019s preferable to four months of very dark and cold mornings each year.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent DST and permanent standard time have many drawbacks. The current, very reasonable compromise DST system brings great benefits throughout the year \u2014\u00a0and gives us the best of both.<\/p>\n<p><em>David Prerau, author of \u201cSeize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time,\u201d has been a DST consultant for Congress and the British Parliament.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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