'Daylight Savings Time' Bill PASSES

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. Here's what this means.

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[horrido]

So exciting to see anything come out of congress these day. Anything. What a low bar we have set for our leadership.

[blau]

Why DST!?!? WHY not just standard time!? This will make people more tired in general.

[theuneducatedvoiceofreason]

I am so underwhelmed by this. As great as this is...it is depressing that this is arguably the best bill passed by congress in the past 5 years.

[dracorex]

While this is good news that the US Senate is passing a bill that eliminates the need to be changing the clocks every 6 months, I feel it should be set to standard time rather than daylight savings, because it is easier for many people to wake up when the sun is already rising, especially the night owls. Not everyone is a morning lark.

[brianm]

I would have chosen to stick with standard time instead of daylight savings time.

[andrewmildenberg]

This bill passed so quickly, like damn, would he nice if other even more important bills got passed this quickly.

[phyllistinepritchard]

Standard time is closer to the bodies natural rhythm than DST. Daylight Savings Time is better for business. Follow the money, greed is the reason for this.

[mbgal]

It’s shocking enough that the Senate actually passed a bill

[BradleyJSeattle]

This is so stupid! We should just do all our stuff at a different time (shift school, work, stores, etc., by an hour.) Make Standard Time permanent -- stay consistent the global system!

[satevo]

But... why not standard time? Daylight savings throws our body clock completely out of whack. I'm 100% FOR getting rid time change, I've hated it all my life. And I'm a night owl, so having more sun later in the day benefits me. So this isn't coming from a selfish place. Standard time should be the norm. No more sunsets and 9 pm and sunrises at 8 or 9 depending where you live.

[DyesubDave]

ABOUT TIME! I've been saying this ridiculous time change should be abolished for the last DECADE at least. Hopefully Canada quickly follows suit.

[Andreapike]

I don't understand why the states didn't just do standard time all year round. That's already allowed Arizona and Hawaii have been doing that for years. If you wanted extra hour of sunshine just wake up an hour earlier and you're good

[OuterGalaxyLounge]

Next needs to be getting rid of the tedious and redundant and burdensome relic of having to "file" taxes every year when the government already knows how much you make and taxes it.

[matthewgeissinger]

Why can’t we just do standard time all year and abolish DST?

[earlrichards]

It should have been permanent standard time. Kids will be going to school in pitch dark for months out of the year.

[LoDoFilmUnlimitedMedia]

The US senate: making the really hard and important decisions!

[parrotletsrunearth]

They need to make STANDARD time PERMANENT. It's going to be dark at 8 AM during the winter. Truly idiotic.

[jeffroussell]

It would be better for our health if we stayed on Standard Time, not Savings Time. In our part of the country, the sun would not rise until 8:45 am near the end of December. The further north you go, the later it goes up. You want an extra hour of light at the end of the day, get up earlier, that's all you are going to be doing anyway.

[mitcha]

I'd rather have a government healthcare option. lol!

[injunsun]

Why can't we just have Standard Time, always? We could always force schools and jobs to begin an hour later. The WORLD is on Standard Time.