(NEXSTAR) — Despite efforts by local and federal governments, nearly every state will soon join the twice-yearly practice of changing from daylight saving time to standard time.
Daylight saving time ends on November 3rd. That means most Americans get an hour of sleep. The sun will rise earlier in the morning, making your early morning commute a little brighter. But on the other hand, the sun sets earlier.
Efforts to permanently move the United States to daylight saving time have stalled, but there is still widespread support for “locking the clocks.”
So what happens if you don't change your clock when daylight saving time ends?
The most obvious change is the amount of sunlight we experience.
Take Chicago, for example. According to this, when daylight saving time ends in November, sunrise will change from 7:25 a.m. to 6:26 a.m. NOAA Solar Computer. Sunrise time is later than 07:18 in January. The sun then gradually begins to rise earlier until March (when daylight saving time begins again).
However, when daylight saving time ends, sunset changes from 5:43 PM to 4:42 PM. The sun sets slightly earlier most days, reaching 4:19 in mid-December. It then gradually slows down until it picks up significantly in March. .
If daylight saving time were permanent and clocks were not changed in November, sunrise and sunset would continue to follow roughly the same trajectory. The sun rises much later in Chicago, rising after 8 a.m. for more than two months.
That would make morning commutes to work and school dark, a problem that opponents of making daylight savings time permanent have pointed out. When the US briefly stopped the clock in the 1970s.
However, from December to January, the days were “long” and the sun set after 5 p.m. In February, the sun sets after 6 p.m.
Here's a look at how the latest sunrise and earliest sunset times would change in some of the country's largest cities if daylight savings time continued year-round.
| city | Sunrise/sunset at the end of daylight saving time | Sunrise/sunset and permanent daylight savings time |
|---|---|---|
| chicago | 7:18am/4:19pm | 8:18am/5:19pm |
| Los Angeles | 6:59am/4:43pm | 7:59am/5:43pm |
| salt lake city | 7:52am/5pm | 8:52am/6pm |
| new orleans | 6:57am/5pm | 7:57am/6pm |
| new york city | 7:20am/4:28pm | 8:20am/5:28pm |
supporters of permanent daylight saving time, Including the members of parliament who promote it.also reduce crime, reduce traffic accidents, improve our health whole.
But while it sounds promising, there is evidence that it hasn't worked well in the past.
In 1973, the United States moved to permanent daylight saving time (for the third time) to combat a national energy crisis. it was It was well received at first But soon complaints started coming in from parents who were sending their children to school in the dark. (Keep in mind that the sun rises later during the winter.) Less than a year later, the U.S. changed its clocks back to twice a year.
Unless Congress acts quickly and puts the U.S. back on year-round daylight saving time, most Americans will set their clocks back an hour starting Nov. 3.
