14. Can daylight saving time impact your health? The abrupt shift in time can disrupt sleep patterns, leading to grogginess and difficulty adjusting to the new schedule. Research has shown that the time change can result in an increase in health issues, including an elevated risk of heart att...
Standard timecomes to an end onMarch 10th, 2024. At 2 AM on March 10th, Colorado will spring forward one hour for the change of season and to adjust to more daylight hours. In 2024, the time change will happen a couple of weeks before the spring holidays ofPalm Sunday(March 24th), a...
Senator Marco Rubio reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act in 2023, but it doesn't look like a repeat of the 2022 Senate miracle is coming. Will Daylight Saving Time ever be permanent? If you're desperate to see the time change abolished in your lifetime, it might be wise to limit ...
If you're like me, you have faint memories of a bill that would keep our time the same after we spring forward. Well, it almost passed, but not quite. The Senate approved the bill that would 'Make daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time, effective November 5, 2023.' The...
Background Prior research has shown a transient increase in the incidence of acute mycoardial infarction (AMI) after daylight savings time (DST) in the spring as well as a decrease in AMI after returning to standard time in the fall. These findings have not been verified in a broader ...
Outdated software shouldn’t impact your phone automatically changing for standard time, but installing an update if one is available doesn’t hurt. If you have any alarms set on your phone, they’ll also automatically update to the new time without any extra work required from you. ...
In December 1973, a bill was signed into law to make daylight saving time permanent for two years. Called the Emergency Daylight Savings Time Energy Conservation Act, the law was intended to help the U.S. save energy during the oil crisis. After a few months, however, the once-supportive...
If you're like me, you have faint memories of a bill that would keep our time the same after we spring forward. Well, it almost passed, but not quite. The Senate approved the bill that would'Make daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time, effective November 5, 2023.'The ...
Originally, DST was thought to be a major driver of. With more sunlight, people could rely on the sun for light and heat, instead of burning wood and lighting candles. Cheaper and better for the environment! In recent years, those claims have come under fire, but here’s the thing: Any...
We hope that the history and context around Daylight Saving Time can give you some perspective next time the clocks change. Though it can be disruptive to sleep patterns and schedules, DST has a long history in our culture, from a wartime measure for energy savings, to a comm...