Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time

A pushback has arisen to seasonal clock changes that affect mood, sleep and general well-being

  Sleep Experts Officially Come Out Against Daylight Saving Time

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine officially calls for the elimination of daylight saving time, citing a wealth of data that says it’s literally killing us.

 A Brief History Of Daylight Saving Time

Since the early 20th century, most people in the U.S. live and work by the clock, not by the rising and setting of the Sun. If everyone agrees to adjust the clock – by passing a state or national law, for instance – most people’s daily schedules shift along with it. And in theory, setting the clock forward an hour during the spring and summer months would give most people an extra hour of daylight in the evenings.

 Daylight Saving Ends This Sunday in The US. It's One of The World's Stupidest Rituals

According to advocacy groups like Standardtime.com, which want to abolish daylight-saving time, claims about energy savings are unproven. "If we are saving energy, let's go year-round with daylight-saving time," the group wrote. "If we are not saving energy, let's drop daylight-saving time!"

 One Issue We Can All Agree On: Fix Daylight Saving Time

I’ll be the first to say that coming changes to Daylight Saving Time are insignificant compared to the upheaval from Covid-19. But changes are coming. It’s time to think about time.

WHY End Day Light Saving Time?

If we are saving energy let's go year round with Daylight Saving Time. If we are not saving energy let's drop Daylight Saving Time!

All the ways daylight saving time screws with you

When entire countries lose an hour of sleep simultaneously, bad things happen.

Another reason to hate daylight saving time: car crashes

Daylight saving time in the US started as an energy conservation trick during World War I, and became a national standard in the 1960s. But many now feel it has outlived its usefulness. For one, the presumed electricity savings of taking advantage of more daylight in the evening turn out to be unclear or nonexistent.

Body Clock Blues? Time Change Is Tough. Here's How To Sleep Well Tonight

This story is adapted from an episode of Life Kit, NPR's podcast with tools to help you get it together.

Changing clocks twice a year is bad for health and energy use

The act of switching to daylight savings every year also seems to harm some people’s health. Studies have found an annual spike in heart attacks in Michigan in the US and strokes in Finland the day after the clocks go forward in spring.

Daylight saving time ends Sunday: 8 things to know about “falling back”

Yet there’s still a lot of confusion about daylight saving time. The first thing to know: Yes, it ends in the fall, just as the decrease in daylight hours is becoming noticeable. Let’s sort it all out.

Daylight Saving Time Is America's Greatest Shame

Daylight Saving Time is the greatest continuing fraud ever perpetrated on the American people. And this weekend, the effect of this cruel monster will rear its ugly head again.

Daylight Saving Time Is Bad for Your Health

The impacts of DST are likely related to our body’s internal circadian rhythm, the still-slightly-mysterious molecular cycles that regulate when we feel awake and when we feel sleepy, as well as our hunger and hormone production schedules.

Daylight Saving Time Is Not the Enemy

For the record, I am not a defender of our current system. It is irritating to reset clocks—especially those embedded in household appliances, whose cryptic instructions seem designed to thwart our puny human desire to know what time it is.

Here’s Why Health Experts Want to Stop Daylight-Saving Time

Research shows the annual shift disrupts sleep and leads to a higher immediate risk of heart attacks and strokes.

How to Prepare Your Kid for Daylight Saving Time

The right plan can help ease the change.

Negative Health Effects of DST

Daylight Saving Time (DST) can mess with our body clock and can trigger underlying health issues.

Time to Kill Daylight Saving

The changing of the clocks—which happened once again Sunday morning—is wasteful, unnecessary, and even dangerous.

We Just 'Fell Back' An Hour. Here Are Tips To Stay Healthy During Dark Days Ahead

When it comes to turning back the clocks on our devices, technology has us covered. Our smartphones automatically adjust. But our internal clocks aren't as easy to re-program. And this means that the time shift in the fall and again in the spring can influence our health in unexpected ways.