Trump and Musk weigh the daylight saving time
Elon Musk conducted an unscientific poll on X. This revealed how you feel about the suggestions for daylight saving time savings.
Almost a month after the summer solstice in 2025 – the solstice of the solstice of the year – gradually decreasing the sunlight in the US, eventually giving way to late autumn and early winter nights.
But what if you could limit the evening sunlight every day?
It was proposed by almost 20 states in facilitating measures in recent years in favour of daylight savings. President Donald Trump expressed his support for this concept three months ago, calling it “very popular,” but he calls the move a “50-50 issue.”
The practice of changing your clock twice a year rarely causes confusion and sleep disruption. The dispute lies in the country whether it will stick to the standard time that accepts daylight savings time from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March.
Here’s what we know about the long-term debate:
Is Congress near making change?
In January, it appeared that both rooms had introduced permanent DST laws. This was known in the Senate as the 2025 Sun Protection Act. Both bills were promoted by Florida Republicans when the GOP gained control of the House and Senate.
However, despite the measures continuing to attract sponsors, no action has been taken, above 40 and above 40, and lawmakers in some states have expressed reservations.
In 2022, the Senate unanimously approved a bill overseen by then-Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, with the exceptions in Hawaii and Arizona, but the measure died in the House.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of both?
Full-time DST supporters promote opportunities for after-school and after-work recreational activities in daytime and warm temperatures that may improve the health of children and adults.
Advocates also say daytime hours will lead to reduced energy use, which will reduce carbon footprint amid growing concerns about climate change.
Opponents point to the safety risk that children have to go to school and wait for the bus in the dark. They also say that daytime times disrupt sleep and make it more difficult to wake up when the morning is dark.
Which states want a year of DST?
Of the 18 states that have enacted DST laws throughout the year since 2018, seven are in the southeast. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee. All of this is leaning towards Republicans, but the problem isn’t red and blue.
Washington, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Minnesota, Delaware and Maine usually support Democrats, and they voted for the Switch, and California’s deep voters have allowed Congress to dump the system that changes clocks, although they demand a two-thirds majority if Congress allows it.
Other states that prefer permanent DST are Idaho (Pacific time zone only), Montana, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming.
Only Hawaii and Arizona (most of them) observe standard hours throughout the year, similar to US territory, including Puerto Rico.
How did you get here?
The DST was implemented as an energy-saving effort in both World War I and World War II. They were temporary measures, as they adopted DST throughout the year during the serious energy crisis of 1974. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act to standardize national-wide time management that allowed the nation to observe DST inconsistently.
The law established a standard time and specific period of DST, giving the state the option to maintain standard time per year, but could not go to a permanent DST without legislative approval.
Until 2005, DST ended its last Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April. The 2005 Energy Policy Act expanded the stretch to its current format for nearly eight months.
The question here is whether lawmakers “lock the clock” and whether they will make the sunlight permanent afterwards.
