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President Trump recently tweeted that he was okay with the idea of making Daylight Saving Time permanent.  What is your opinion on this?

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Vicki E
Vicki E
5 years ago

NO!!!! I am in Arizona. We do NOT change our clocks and we do NOT WANT to start. Either leave as is, or better yet, get rid of Daylight Savings!

Dan W.
Dan W.
5 years ago

I agree with the President.

Make Daylight Saving Time permanent by giving us the extra hour of daylight at the end of each day in the Winter too.

PaulE
PaulE
5 years ago

Nothing wrong with the President’s suggestion.

John A Davis
John A Davis
5 years ago

I agree, keep DST, however i once heard an Old Indian saying “Only the white man will tear bottom off a blanket, sew it to the top, and think he has a longer blanket.”

Mike
Mike
5 years ago

We have more to worry about than how much light we see during the day.

CandyC
CandyC
5 years ago

Luckily, we live in Arizona and don’t change but I do think it’s time to let it go. Pick one, Standard or Daylight Savings, and just stick with it.

Don De Neui
Don De Neui
5 years ago

You can’t legislate a natural phenomenon like a 24-hour day to become a 25-hour day. Daylight Savings Time merely takes an hour away from the morning and adds it to the afternoon but it’s still a 24-hour day so why change anything? All the various kinds of businesses have to do is have a card or poster in the window listing summer hours and winter hours, then at each season, turn the card over, that’s a lot easier than the general public having to reset ten different clocks, especially automobile clocks.

Chuck
Chuck
5 years ago

The same scientific community that swears we are doomed by “Climate change” can surely figure out a way to save “Daylight”! No problem….

Jane Elliott
Jane Elliott
5 years ago

I agree. Pick one and stick with it.

Neil Mills
Neil Mills
5 years ago

I just want to stop changing the time. I haven’t a preference of which one. Just pick one and leave it alone, already.

david shipp
david shipp
5 years ago

If we can’t get an agreement on this, how about we just go to ZULU time? One time for the whole world. You adjst your day based on where you live. Simple. Not simple enough for you? we have to have time Zones? In that case, change the clock a half hour and leave it there. Best of both worlds.

Marlene Williams
Marlene Williams
5 years ago

Why do you want it getting Dark at 9 pm. It messes up your circadian rhythm, and your ac will have to run longer. The kids are going to school in the dark in the am. I prefer and have always preferred Standard time. It makes more sense to the ebb and flow of the human body.

Rick
Rick
5 years ago

I want the clock to stop changing. Since most of us have no choice about our work or school hours I like the idea of seeing the sun more. In the winter I headed to work in the dark and when I got home it was already dark, prefer DST all year.
Like many things businesses and schools could alter schedules so everyone was not out and about at the same time but no one is willing. Imagine if the whole country did not work the same hours rush hour would be less of an issue, huge energy savings. If we didn’t all work the same days recreation activities would not be so crowded.

John
John
5 years ago

My vote was for Standard time. Moving to DST would make the US Consistant, but would make us inconsistant with Canada, Mexico, and the resto of the world.

Phil B
Phil B
5 years ago

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that she opposed daylight saving time because “the extra hour of sunlight drastically speeds up climate change.”
Now how can you argue with that???

Arnold Jankowski
Arnold Jankowski
5 years ago

Standard Time. ???

Mary Richter
Mary Richter
5 years ago

make any time permanent, just stop flipflopping

L Pratt
L Pratt
5 years ago

I like it the way it is!

BobA
BobA
5 years ago

In our area, the youngest of kids ( elementary school ) are waiting for the bus which arrives around 7 AM. When our elected representatives, in 2007, decided we should change to DST on the 2nd Sunday in March, it plunged them back into pitch darkness. Finally, after the darkest of winter months, the sun was rising shortly after 7 and gave them a little light and we have to change. In the past when the change was made on the last Sunday in April, it made more sense since the sun was up around 6 AM. And they wanted to run our healthcare.

James Wells
James Wells
5 years ago

All this does is give the rich and richer more time to play golf when they need to be taking care of more important issues.

Tom M
Tom M
5 years ago

I hate it. No reason to change times twice a year.

Donnie
Donnie
5 years ago

The question is id the majority of people dislike moving back and forth- why can’t we do something?

Gale
Gale
5 years ago

Either one will work, we should either stay on standard or day light savings.
This changing back forth is getting old.

Gale
Gale
5 years ago

Either one will work, just pick one and stay with it.

Linda
Linda
5 years ago

While I prefer Standard Time, I say just pick one and stick with it.

Cheryl
Cheryl
5 years ago

I would rather stay with standard time, but if leaving it at DST is the only choice to stop changing back and forth, then I’ll take it.

John A
John A
5 years ago

I travel east in the morning and west after work. Changing the clock doubles the number of days I’m driving into glaring sunlight, it’s also a safety issue. And who want’s to stay up past ten o’clock to watch the Fourth of July fireworks? That’s what happens in Indiana with DST.

Stephen Russell
Stephen Russell
5 years ago

Leave DST intact, Imagine brighter winter days, Nice, No more clock changes.
More day vs winter dark

Kenneth Bielefeld
Kenneth Bielefeld
5 years ago

I prefer time to follow the sun. Daylight savings is for the lazy. Assume you sleep to 7am: manipulated time says it is 7am but the sun says it is 6am. You have wasted away one hour of day.

USA is the only nation to manipulate time. All other civilized people follow the sun.

AlanWh
AlanWh
5 years ago

The LORD makes the Sun Rise and the Sun Set. It takes Fallen Man (The Created Being) to Decide he doesn’t like the Way The Perfect Creator does it. What Else is New?

Craig pewert
Craig pewert
5 years ago

What benefit does changing the time twice a year have to do with anything? Opt out of this. It’s so old school & serves no purpose!

Sherry L Stutts
Sherry L Stutts
5 years ago

Time change

Michael Gingrich
Michael Gingrich
5 years ago

I voted to keep time the same here in California. It passed and SHOULD take effect soon. I hope.

Kathy Bilski
Kathy Bilski
5 years ago

Originally it was introduced in Germany (I think) as a means of reducing the need for artificial lights during WW II. However, I will say that, coming from a farming community, it is a huge benefit to farmers during the plowing, growing, harvesting seasons.

Gordon Lougee
Gordon Lougee
5 years ago

makes it dangerous for kids waiting for the bus in the winter

Mary Dodge
Mary Dodge
5 years ago

DST for me! I would much rather give everyone more natural light during the time the majority are at home in the evening. It’s better to have time to get outdoor chores and play at the warmer end of the day. The schools in my locale have various start schedules to create bus effeciency, so some kids are on the curb early regardless of which time slot is chosen. Factories used to have set schedules, now many are 24/7, so that arguement is null and void. God knew what he was doing, quit messing with it!

Dante
Dante
5 years ago

On the list of important issues this week this one is on the bottom.
How about a poll about Trump’s Vito (DUH)

Jean Kaplan
Jean Kaplan
5 years ago

Stick with Standard Time and quit changing. The switch back and forth messes with Cercadian Rhythms and can actually make you ill. And DST makes no sense. Was probably thought up by a Liberal.

Richard Hake
Richard Hake
5 years ago

I look forward to more daylight hours in the warm months and earlier mornings in the cold.

Doris C>
Doris C>
5 years ago

I agree with President Trump. Statistics show that changing back and forth from standard time to saving time is not good for your health and does not save energy. When the time changes, I cannot get to sleep at night and have a hard time getting up in the morning for about a week. And, when my children were babies, it screwed up their schedule for naps. This is an old thing that needs to go. DST also allows the children to go out and play for a while after school because it’s still light outside. I heard an anchorman on TV say that the Monday after the time change is “Grumpy Monday.” That says it all.

Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown
5 years ago

pick one and leave it alone… circadian rhythm??? how does that work with the third shifters?? or don’t everybody count?..

Nancy
Nancy
5 years ago

I agree with other comments. Pick either standard or daylight savings time and leave it there. I did like the comment from John below about the blanket.

Helen Corey
Helen Corey
5 years ago

Having lived in MI, then IL, I loved the extra hour of daylight in MI’s EST over IL’s CDT. Making DST permanent in IL would make daylight longer in IL.

Becky
Becky
5 years ago

Leave the time on natural suntime,not an hour ahead of it..God created the sun and moon,and that is what gives us our time..so I vote to stay on Gods time…it is perfect.

RhondaT
RhondaT
5 years ago

Just stop changing!! It is unhealthy. More people suffer heart attacks and have accidents following the time changes. Productivity drops. And the alleged purpose Of saving energy is an abysmal failure.

Robert J Stitt Sr
Robert J Stitt Sr
5 years ago

I don’t care which one is permanent, I just hate going thru the time change 2x a year because it takes me at least a week to get my body acclimated to the change. The change could even be a one time 15 to 45 minute to what is being used to make it palatable to more people.

Tricia
Tricia
5 years ago

Standard Time so there is enough light in the morning for kids to get to school year round.

Wayne
Wayne
5 years ago

I would prefer standard. If it actually comes to a voting issue just give use back one standard time frame. NO changing back and forth!

Cathy G.
Cathy G.
5 years ago

Keep Daylight Saving Time and have more daylight in the evening!

Richard Murray
Richard Murray
5 years ago

Why is the USA tampering with the system? There are 24 time zones on the planet. Establish all the same with no exception.

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