Tomorrow you lose an hour of sleep. But it is for a good cause: we will receive an additional daylight in the afternoon while we head towards spring and summer thanks to summer time arriving on Sunday. Most of the United States will advance clocks on March 9, the time that officially changes at 2 am, the “spring in front” is known to disturb sleep habits and timetables and schedules, some politicians growing to remove time changes. But the time change of this weekend occurs still.
When does summer time start?
Summer time in the United States begins at 2 am, local time on Sunday, March 9 and takes place until 2 a.m. on November 2. The time changes are always occurring on a Sunday. The start of the DST is delivered with the pretty motto of “Spring Forward” thanks to the season and to have to adjust your clocks one hour in advance. The United States is not alone in observing the summer time. Discover this List of other countries who use DST, as well as their start and end dates.
DAY TO MAY VS Standard Time
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The official US Time website shows where the limits of the time zone are.
The exact departure dates for summer time and the standard time float a little. DST starts the second Sunday in March and ends the first Sunday in November with the return of the standard time. We spend about eight months of the year in DST. We can thank the 1966 Time Act uniform for bringing a certain order to what had been a complicated story of time changes in the United States.
“Motivated by transport improvements, this law has forced a standard delay in existing time zones and has established a permanent uniform DST system, including dates and hours of transitions twice History of time zones.
The country’s time zones date from the railway boom in the late 1800s. DST officially entered the cat in 1918, but his request was incoherent until 1966. The country tried the whole year Day reduction time In January 1974, under President Richard Nixon, to resolve the energy crisis. It didn’t go well. Congress and President Gerald Ford restored the standard time in October 1974.
If you really hate time changes, plan to move to Arizona (except the Navajo Nation) or Hawaii. These states are standard time all year round and do not have to deal with the impacts on the physical and mental health of change. Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the American Samoa and the Northern Mariana islands also jump DST.
Find out more: Why does NASA work on a time zone for the moon?
Sleep experts are looking for a standard hour all year round
Organizations such as National Sleep FoundationThe American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms are united to call for permanent standard time – saying that it is better for human biology.
“There is an inadequacy between the outside world and our internal clocks during the summer time which can lead to negative consequences on health,” explains Joseph Dzierzewski, vice-president of research and scientific affairs at the National Sleep Foundation.
Dzierzewski cites mental health problems and increases in cardiovascular events and drowsiness driving. He also calls security problems with young children who are heading for school or sit at bus stops in the dark. These security problems were a great reason why the permanent DST did not last in 1974.
Are we going to abandon these time changes for good?
Time changes are not popular. One October 2024 Yougov survey (PDF link) of more than 1,100 American adults found that 63% would like to see the change in clocks eliminated. Only 17% wanted to keep time and 20% were not sure.
The efforts to put an end to the time changes have failed to pass into the law. The Bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act, which would have made permanent summer time, adopted the Senate in 2022 but did not go further. The co -workers of the bill always push him.
“It is not only a nuisance – changing our clocks also has a very real impact on our economy, our health and our happiness,” said Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts in a renewed call for Adoption of the bill in 2024.
While many people undertake to eliminate changes in time, schism between summer time and standard time remains. Standard time can have a little image problem compared to DST.
“Part of the number is that people combine daylight saving time in summer. People love summer, right?” Dzierzewski said. “But the simple fact is, it would always be summer if we were in normal permanent time.”
President Donald Trump opposed changes of time in a Post social post In 2024: “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate summer time, which has a small but strong district, but should not! Summer time is embarrassing and very expensive for our nation.”
Bill and state resolutions have not yet had real impacts. Politicians are always divided if they want permanent savings in daylight or standard time. Dzierzewski hopes that permanent standard time will gain. “This is the first time in several years when I have seen more legislation introduced at the level of the state to support permanent normal time as a solution,” he said.
If you want to see the time changes end and want to plead for daylight savings or standard time, contact your state and national representatives and express your opinion.
Adjust your body clock to summer time
The summer time that happens from the day, so now it is a question of understanding how to deal with it. It is not only the day of time.
“You are in a better situation to deal with the effects of clock change if you have good sleep health in general,” said Dzierzewski. He recommends an exposure to bright light in the morning, physical activity during the day, eat meals at regular times and practice a relaxing wind routine at night.
The majority of Americans find it difficult to recommend the 7 to 9 hours recommended by the National Sleep Foundation for most adults. A CNET survey has revealed that more than half of adults we use a method to deal with sleep -related challenges. Consult some advice supported by experts to improve the quality of your sleep.
“If you make these healthy sleep behaviors, you are probably more resilient to some of these changes,” said Dzierzewski. “If you have a bad sleep to start, you will probably feel it a little more.”
Establishing a better sleep routine can take time. There are two things you can do in direct response to the time change. Dzierzewski suggests adjusting your bedtime and waking up gradually before change. For example, you can move your schedule by 15 minutes a day and facilitate the DST. He also recommends obtaining a good dose of brilliant morning light on the day of change to help you define your internal body clock.
Consider DST as another type of awakening, which can motivate you to assess your routine and your quality of sleep and make positive changes. Start with these six simple habits. And don’t forget to change your clocks. Do it the day before and you will not have to worry about it later.
