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Daylight Saving Time … forever?

Mar 18, 2022

Dan Diamond, a health policy and politics reporter for The Washington Post, dives into the surprising bipartisan push to make daylight saving time permanent. He discusses the implications for our health, particularly regarding circadian rhythms and sleep patterns. With Congress voting unanimously, he explores what this change would mean for mornings and evenings across the U.S. Diamond also examines President Biden's shifting views and public sentiment on this contentious issue, providing insights into the ongoing legislative tug-of-war.

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Intro

3min

Debating Daylight: The Future of Time Policy

4min

The Daylight Saving Time Dilemma

4min

The Legislative Tug-of-War Over Daylight Saving Time

3min

Reflections on Daylight Saving Time Preferences

2min

This week, a sleepy Senate voted unanimously to end “spring forward” and “fall back” and make daylight saving time permanent.

The Senate surprised everyone in Washington this week by voting unanimously to end clock-switching in the United States and make daylight saving time permanent. Our health policy and politics reporter Dan Diamond got to take a break from covering the coronavirus to talk about the bipartisan legislation, which would need to get through the House and be signed by President Biden to become law. While there’s broad agreement among sleep experts that the country should abandon its twice yearly, seasonal-time changes, many sleep experts think standard time is better for our circadian rhythms.

Check out how permanent daylight saving time would change sunrise and sunset times across the United States. Brighter winter evenings would come at the expense of darker mornings.

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