Interestingly, there was no national Daylight Savings Time when I was born, as it was implemented April 1st,1967, though the law was passed just before I was born.
The Uniform Time Act of 1966, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 89–387, 80 Stat. 107, enacted April 13, 1966, was a Law of the United States to “promote the adoption and observance of uniform time within the standard time zones” prescribed by the Standard Time Act of 1918. Its intended effect was to simplify the official pattern of where and when daylight saving time (DST) is applied within the U.S. Prior to this law, each state had its own scheme for when DST would begin and end, and in some cases, which parts of the state should use it.[1]
Of interest, Wyoming has passed legislation to make DST permanent once the federal government passes legislation to allow it, as it’s currently prohibited by federal law. Marco Rubio keeps sponsoring legislation every year, but it has yet to pass.
https://kgab.com/ixp/102/p/daylight-savings-time-is-ending-in-wyoming-for-now/
Short, dark, cold winter days are about here. We’re under two weeks from the time change that most people hate…falling back, and daylight savings time is ending.
On November 3, at 2 a.m., clocks will fall back, and the days begin to shrink.
Why does the time change?
Many say Benjamin Franklin invented daylight savings time in 1784, using the theory that more daylight would encourage people to get out of bed early, use fewer candles, and result in money savings.
Daylight Savings Time was officially adopted during World War I as part of a global attempt to conserve energy. The time change was abolished after the war and wasn’t used again until World War II. From 1945 to 1966, no federal law on DST existed, but many states east of the Mississippi River adopted it. It wasn’t until 1967 that a switch between standard and daylight savings time began nationally.
Over the years, there have been a few changes in the system, but now everyone is pretty much on the same page regarding how it’s used.
Not everyone is a fan of the change, and Wyoming is one of nineteen states that wants to lock the clock, end the twice-a-year change, and stick with daylight savings time year-round.
Currently, states can choose not to change the time, but they must stay in permanent standard time and not daylight savings time. Choosing to stay in standard time means there will be less light in the evenings during the summer, and doing this makes sense in states with high afternoon temperatures like Arizona.
Dr. David Prerau says it’s only a matter of time before the time changing will stop.
Modern society runs 24/7 in terms of computation, communication, commerce, and travel. Biannual clock change today has become excessively confusing and expensive. DST costs both money and lives to no objective benefit. Citizens across the US are increasingly calling on legislators to ditch the switch.
The doc also says that daylight savings time has benefits that many people don’t think about.
When people think about DST, they often think about the negative effect of losing an hour of sleep one day of the year when we set the clocks for summertime. What they don’t think about is that by doing that, we gain 238 days in the spring, summer, and fall with all the benefits of lighter evenings and 118 days in the winter without the very late sunrises.
Since the Sunshine Protection Act has yet to be signed into law, you’ll need to prepare for the upcoming time change on November 3.