US daylight saving time

March 7, 2025 10:43 AM

Push for permanent US daylight saving time frozen as Trump says Americans are divided

A three-year congressional effort to make daylight saving time permanent in the United States appears to have halted, with President Donald Trump saying on Thursday that Americans are evenly divided over the issue. Daylight saving time - putting the clocks forward one hour during the summer half of the year to make the most of the longer evenings - has been in place in nearly all of the United States since the 1960s, but proponents have pushed to make it year-round. In March 2022, the U.S. Sen...

Why does Trump want to end US daylight saving time?

Daylight saving time, a practice affecting almost 400 million people across North America, is once again in the spotlight as debates over its necessity continue. This twice-a-year ritual of adjusting clocks forward in spring and back in autumn has been ingrained in American, Canadian and Cuban life for more than a century. However, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pushed for an end to daylight saving time, which he has called inconvenient and costly. WHAT DID TRUMP SAY ABOUT DAYLIGHT SAVIN...