Daylight Saving Time Ending on November 3, 2024
Is it daylight saving time or daylight savings time? What are you doing during dst? You are saving time – there is no s because time is singular.
Most sleep scientists prefer permanent standard time, while most economists and business experts favor permanent daylight saving time.
Sleep experts recommend a policy of permanent standard time to avoid potential harmful health effects. Studies have shown there are increased heart attacks, strokes, traffic fatalities and workplace injures when we spring forward.
Germany was first country to implement in 1916 to save fuel during WWI.
US first began dst in 1918 and has implemented and repealed it various times. Dst was created primarily to reduce energy consumption and promote commerce. The US’ current practice of switching between standard and daylight saving began in 1966.
Current federal law prohibits states from switching to permanent daylight saving time. Several western states have passed legislature that would allow them to “lock the clock” to daylight saving time in their state if federal law is ever changed to allow states to permanently adopt daylight saving time.
The US observed permanent daylight saving from 1918-1919 and 1942 to 1945 to conserve energy during wartime. The US also experimented with permanent daylight saving time in January 1974 because of the oil crisis. However, because of the public’s dislike of darker mornings, it ended later in the same year (October 1974).
The agriculture industry has lobbied against daylight saving time. Many farmers oppose the practice because it disrupts farm work –animals don’t care what time it is, but they do want to be fed and milked at the same time each day. In fact, pets notice when their owners deviate from a predictable schedule. Mealtimes and playtimes are the most important to them and experts recommend a gradual shift to ease them into the time change.
Daylight saving time is not observed worldwide – only about 70 countries do observe dst. Most African and Asian countries including India, China and Japan do not observe.
Hawaii and Arizona are on permanent standard time.
For decades part of Indiana observed daylight saving time and parts of Indiana did not. In April 2006, the entire state began observing daylight saving time.
Why 2 am? Most people aren’t awake to notice the time change. Workers with early shifts are still in bed and most bars and restaurants are already closed.
What happens if we stay on DST permanently – winters would be darker
In 1986 the grill and charcoal industries claimed to have gained $200 million in sales with an extra month of daylight saving time.
Candy makers lobbied for longer daylight saving time so it would end after Halloween. Daylight saving time reduced Halloween candy purchases and the end of daylight saving time was moved to November beginning in 2007.
Did daylight saving time kill drive-in theaters? Many people do believe that – it made the movies start too late!
Most people lose 40 minutes of sleep due to the change over and that lack of sleep is most noticeable on the Monday after the change.
While the extra hour of sleep we get when “falling back” has been linked with fewer heart attacks, the early evening darkness is linked to depression.