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"'''Daylight Savings Time'''", "'''''Daylight Saving Time'''''", or abbreviated: "''' (DST)'''", is the practice of setting clocks ''forward'' one hour from standard time for the ''[[summer]] months'', and ''back'' one hour for the ''[[winter]] months'' (vise-versa for the [[Southern Hemisphere]]). <ref> https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/ | Time and Date, DST </ref>

"'''Daylight Savings Time'''", "'''''Daylight Saving Time'''''", or abbreviated: "''' (DST)'''", is the practice of setting clocks ''forward'' one hour from standard time for the ''[[summer]] months'', and ''back'' one hour for the ''[[winter]] months'' (vice versa for the [[Southern Hemisphere]])<ref> https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/ | Time and Date, DST </ref>

Changing the clocks ''does not create extra daylight'' but instead '''''shifts the time of sunrise and sunsets'''''. This time change can cause disruptions to our to our body clock, otherwise known as the [[circadian rhythm]].<ref>https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/daylight-saving-health.html Negative Health Effects of DST</ref>

Changing the clocks ''does not create extra daylight'' but instead '''''shifts the times of sunrises and sunsets'''''. This time change can cause disruptions to our body clock, otherwise known as the [[circadian rhythm]].<ref>https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/daylight-saving-health.html Negative Health Effects of DST</ref>

Many sources erroneously credit American inventor [[Benjamin Franklin]] for first suggesting seasonal time change in a letter written in 1784. In a '''''satirical''''' letter to the editor of the Journal of [[Paris]], entitled ''“An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light,”'' Franklin did suggest that Parisians could economize [[candle]] usage by getting people out of bed earlier in the morning. However, it did not involve altering the time displayed by clocks (The integral part of today's Daylight "Saving" Time).

Many sources erroneously credit American inventor [[Benjamin Franklin]] for first suggesting seasonal time change in a letter written in 1784. In a '''''satirical''''' letter to the editor of the Journal of [[Paris]], entitled ''“An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light,”'' Franklin did suggest that Parisians could economize [[candle]] usage by getting people out of bed earlier in the morning. However, it did not involve altering the time displayed by clocks (The integral part of today's Daylight "Saving" Time).

Daylight Savings Time is currently used in over 70 countries worldwide and affects over one billion people every year. The biannual dates for shifting the clocks vary from one country to another. <ref> https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/history.html | Time and Date, History of DST </ref>

Daylight Saving Time is currently used in over 70 countries worldwide and affects over one billion people every year. The biannual dates for shifting the clocks vary from one country to another<ref> https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/history.html | Time and Date, History of DST </ref>

==Daylight Savings Time in the United States of America==

==Daylight Saving Time in the United States of America==

[[Hawaii]] is the only US state that does not use DST at all.

[[Hawaii]] is the only U.S. state that does not use DST at all.

None of the [[US Territories]] observe DST. This includes [[American Samoa]], [[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]], the [[US Minor Outlying Islands]], [[Palmyra Atoll]], and the [[US Virgin Islands]].

None of the [[US Territories]] observe DST. This includes [[American Samoa]], [[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]], the [[US Minor Outlying Islands]], [[Palmyra Atoll]], and the [[US Virgin Islands]].

[[Arizona]], with some exceptions such as the [[Navajo]] reservation, does not use DST. The 1967 DST trial in Arizona provoked so many negative reactions that DST was never again used there. People in Arizona, including many businesses, farming communities, and parents, preferred to remain on [[Mountain Standard Time]] throughout the year claiming that DST produced no benefits for them.

[[Arizona]], with some exceptions such as the [[Navajo]] reservation, does not use DST. The 1967 DST trial in Arizona provoked so many negative reactions that DST was never again used there. People in Arizona, including many businesses, farming communities, and parents, preferred to remain on [[Mountain Standard Time]] throughout the year claiming that DST produced no benefits for them.

All other 48 states who have not [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260a exempted themselves] currently use DST as allowed in [https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2012-title15-chapter6-subchapter9&edition=2012 |15 USC Chapter 6, Subchapter Ix: Standard Time]. Any state may exempt itself from DST at any time:

All other 48 states that have not [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260a exempted themselves] currently use DST as allowed in [https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2012-title15-chapter6-subchapter9&edition=2012 |15 USC Chapter 6, Subchapter Ix: Standard Time]. Any state may exempt itself from DST at any time:

"(1) any State that lies entirely within one time zone may by law exempt itself from the provisions of this subsection providing for the advancement of time, but only if that law provides that the entire State (including all political subdivisions thereof) shall observe the standard time otherwise applicable during that period, and (2) any State with parts thereof in more than one time zone may by law exempt either the entire State as provided in (1) or may exempt the entire area of the State lying within any time zone." -260a (a) of the Universal Time Act (Title 15, Chapter 6, Subchapter IX) <ref> https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260a </ref><ref> https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2012-title15-chapter6-subchapter9&edition=2012 </ref>

"(1) any State that lies entirely within one time zone may by law exempt itself from the provisions of this subsection providing for the advancement of time, but only if that law provides that the entire State (including all political subdivisions thereof) shall observe the standard time otherwise applicable during that period, and (2) any State with parts thereof in more than one time zone may by law exempt either the entire State as provided in (1) or may exempt the entire area of the State lying within any time zone." -260a (a) of the Universal Time Act (Title 15, Chapter 6, Subchapter IX)<ref> https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260a </ref><ref> https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2012-title15-chapter6-subchapter9&edition=2012 </ref>

===States That Want to Remove DST by Permanently Observing DST All-year-round===

===States That Want to Remove DST by Permanently Observing DST year-round===

According to the [[National Conference of State Legislatures]], 19 states have enacted legislation or passed regulations for permanent DST.<ref>https://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/daylight-savings-time-state-legislation.aspx#/</ref>

According to the [[National Conference of State Legislatures]], 19 states have enacted legislation or passed regulations for permanent DST.<ref>https://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/daylight-savings-time-state-legislation.aspx#/</ref>

''Note: For these bills to become law, the US Congress must first pass a federal law that would allow states to observe DST year-round. This has not happened yet. The current law only allows states to opt out of DST, but not to follow it year-round.''

''Note: For these bills to become law, the U.S. Congress must first pass a federal law that would allow states to observe DST year-round. This has not happened yet. The current law only allows states to opt out of DST, but not to follow it year-round.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"

{| class="wikitable sortable"

| [[California]] || 2018 || Proposition 7<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_7,_Permanent_Daylight_Saving_Time_Measure_(2018)</ref> || Permanent DST

| [[California]] || 2018 || Proposition 7<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_7,_Permanent_Daylight_Saving_Time_Measure_(2018)</ref> || Permanent DST

|}

|}

[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/us/daylight-saving-usa.html -From TimeandDate.com, Daylight Saving Time in the USA] <ref>https://www.timeanddate.com/time/us/daylight-saving-usa.html</ref>

[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/us/daylight-saving-usa.html From TimeandDate.com, Daylight Saving Time in the USA]<ref>https://www.timeanddate.com/time/us/daylight-saving-usa.html</ref>

===American opinions on "Daylight Saving Time"===

===American opinions on "Daylight Saving Time"===

"Daylight Saving Time" is not popular in the United States. Two-thirds of U.S. citizens would "like to see the changing of the clocks eliminated, so people no longer change their clocks twice per

"Daylight Saving Time" is not popular in the United States. Two-thirds of U.S. citizens would "like to see the changing of the clocks eliminated, so people no longer change their clocks twice per year".<ref>https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/sr0uo7z6a8/toplines_Daylight_Savings_Time_20220316.pdf</ref>

year".<ref>https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/sr0uo7z6a8/toplines_Daylight_Savings_Time_20220316.pdf</ref>

==See Also==

==See Also==