Daylight Saving Time: Still Happening. Still Unpopular

Millions will set their clocks back an hour tonight for Daylight Saving Time — only to set them forward an hour six months later.

But does anyone like doing this, asks Yahoo News:

A recent AP-NORC poll found that about half of the American public, 47%, oppose the current daylight saving time system, compared to 40% who neither favor nor oppose the current practice, while 12% favor the current system, which involves most states switching their clocks twice a year.

Of those polled, 56% would prefer to have daylight saving time year-round, meaning less light in the morning for a tradeoff of more light in the evening. While 42% of Americans said they would prefer to have standard time year-round, which means more light in the morning and less light in the evening. And 12% of Americans prefer switching between standard time and daylight saving time.

Sleep doctors would prefer we switch to standard time permanently. 'The U.S. should eliminate seasonal time changes in favor of a national, fixed, year-round time,' the American Academy of Sleep Medicine said in a statement published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine last year. 'Current evidence best supports the adoption of year-round standard time, which aligns best with human circadian biology and provides distinct benefits for public health and safety.'

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