Save Standard Time

🚨 US House Energy/Commerce Committee today amended the Sunshine Protection Act into the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act. If approved by Congress, it would mandate permanent Daylight Saving Time in all states that don’t self-exempt in advance, with no option for exemption after taking effect. 🧐 Permanent DST is a mandate to start work/school an hour earlier than Standard Time in unnatural darkness all winter. It would put sunrise in most states past 8am for 3+ months, and past 8:45am for 1+ weeks. It chronically deprives sleep, decreases productivity (by 5%), and increases illnesses and accidents (by 20%). It was last implemented in the US in 1974 and repealed the same year following deaths and disruptions to commerce. 👉 Tell your US House reps asap to amend MVMA (H.R.7389) to remove SPA (H.R.139) or to reword for nationwide restoration of permanent Standard Time with a clearer option for the minority of states to choose unhealthy/unsafe permanent DST by advancement of their own time zones if so strongly desired (though why DST proponents don’t simply start their own days an hour early remains boggling).

Every time this is polled. This is the result.

12 is Noon. We call this "Standard Time." You cannot "save" daylight by weird clock machinations such as DST. It's very stupid but the "daylight savings" branding was admittedly genius. It's actually just "get up earlier time."

cc @SaveStandard "..support for permanent #DST gets the #science wrong" The Health Risks of Permanent #DaylightSavingTime - @PsychToday share.google/RZdawKgDcKeW3B…

Bad look for you siding with lobbyist @realDonaldTrump

Permanent DST would not keep winter sun out until 8:45pm! It would keep the sun from rising until 8:45am in most states. Health and safety need permanent Standard Time instead. (@GuntherEagleman’s AI is regrettably mistaken.)

@GuntherEagleman Permanent DST would not keep winter sun out until 8:45pm! Instead it would keep the sun from rising until 8:45am in most states. Health and safety need permanent Standard Time instead. Real photos below (not AI)!

@kpatrickpayne @SaveStandard We go to bed at 9pm, hubby gets up at 5 am for work. I hate daylight savings time.

@JCCC629 The Sunshine Protection Act H.R.139 would remove the option to self-exempt from Daylight Saving Time provided by current law 15 USC 260a(a)(1)–(2).

@SaveStandard States can self-exempt

Daylight Saving Time is too fast. Standard Time is the compromise of perfection and practicality. Stop the “Sunshine Protection Act”!

@RepChuckEdwards vote NO to "sunshine protection "

@RepGusBilirakis Clock change needs to end, but with permanent Standard Time! Permanent DST is a mandate to wake earlier than Standard Time. During the winter, this is in the dark, endangering American’s health and well being. Ditch DST, Save Standard Time!

The momentum to finally “ditch the switch” is growing. Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced my provision to make Daylight Saving Time permanent year-round, moving this commonsense reform one step closer to becoming law. Americans are tired of the disruptive and outdated twice-yearly clock change, and it’s time Congress acts. Permanent Daylight Saving Time would provide brighter evenings, promote outdoor activity, support local businesses and tourism, and help families avoid the unnecessary disruption caused by changing the clocks twice every year. Floridians have led the charge on this issue for years, and I’m proud to continue fighting to end the biannual clock change once and for all. msn.com/en-us/news/pol…

Tell Congress to oppose “Sunshine Protection” (permanent Daylight Saving Time, fast time). Restore permanent Standard Time (natural time) instead! votervoice.net/ditchDST/Campa…

Tell Congress to remove “Sunshine Protection” (permanent Daylight Saving Time) from the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act. We don’t want sunrise after 8am for three months or more every year! votervoice.net/ditchDST/Campa…

There ought to be NO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (including no permanent DST). Restore permanent Standard Time! 🎵 “(There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time” by Frank Luther & the High Hatters (1931)

President Trump is once again pushing for permanent Daylight Saving Time... and it may well go down as one of the worst mistakes he makes. 'Natural Time' matters - this is why... ko-fi.com/post/Natural-T…

🚨 FUZZ POLL! 🚨 I see Standard Time in my trends. That being so, please weigh in, and please RT. Americans only for this one, please. Which clock system do you prefer?

@Arkypatriot Yes, most Americans wake at 6:30am to be at work and school by 8am. If permanent DST were to become law, many would wake long before sunrise. We need morning sunlight to wake up and feel alert!

Permanent Daylight Saving Time sounds nice until winter shows up. Across much of America, that means kids waiting for buses in the dark, people commuting in the dark, and millions starting their day before sunrise for weeks. Your body needs morning light to regulate sleep, mood, alertness, and health. We already tried year-round DST in 1974. People hated the dark winter mornings. Extra evening daylight is nice. But forcing the whole country to wake up in the dark all winter? That’s not healthy. Be careful what you ask for

@SaveStandard It's amazing how people are so easily swayed by nomenclature. It should be called what it is - Fast Time - because the clocks are set an hour (or so) fast compared to solar noon. Or play their own game by renaming Standard Time "Moonlight Savings Time"

@LaceSteph There ought to be a Moonlight Saving Time! x.com/SaveStandard/s…

If "Daylight Saving" Time was called "Get Up Early" Time, most would oppose!

@ScottJenningsKY PS: The "I want light after work" crowd should work the 11p-7a shift. Guaranteed 8 hours or more of after work daylight!!