Richard H
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BREAKING: House votes 308-117 to make daylight saving time permanent, sending the bill to the Senate.






The U.S. House will vote this week on whether or not to make daylight saving time permanent. Essentially, we would not change the clocks again (no "falling back"). As I've mentioned over the years, below are 3 options and how they would look in Indianapolis, IN: current system, year-round daylight saving time & year-round standard time. Year-round daylight saving time would result in a 9:02 AM sunrise and 6:23 PM sunset on the winter solstice.


This would be dumb. We’d send kids to school in the dark in January. Just get over it. Changing clocks twice a year is a no big deal. Y’all act like you’ve never *checks notes* took a flight to the central time zone.

@rphnh33 Perhaps, but then businesses would have to adjust theirs. The whole world shifts and then, in the end, what was the point?

The U.S. House will vote this week on whether or not to make daylight saving time permanent. Essentially, we would not change the clocks again (no "falling back"). As I've mentioned over the years, below are 3 options and how they would look in Indianapolis, IN: current system, year-round daylight saving time & year-round standard time. Year-round daylight saving time would result in a 9:02 AM sunrise and 6:23 PM sunset on the winter solstice.




















