No, Congress Didn't Permanently End Daylight Saving Time in Early 2022

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Claim: A law was passed in March 2022 permanently ending Daylight Saving Time in the United States.

Rating: False

Context: Such a bill was indeed passed by the U.S. Senate but stalled in the House of Representatives, so as of this writing, Daylight Saving Time is still on the books for now.

On Nov. 6, 2022, Daylight Saving Time ended, once again, with clocks being turned back one hour, prompting confusion among some, because U.S. Congress had seemed poised to end the yearly time change earlier in the year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/no-congress-didn-t-permanently-end-daylight-saving-time-in-early-2022/ar-AA13QueM

[iemanja]

1. I thought they were making daylight savings time permanent?

[SCantiGOP]

2. Passed the Senate, not on the active calendar in House

Pelosi said it is not a priority and won't be brought up in the lame duck session. Too many other priorities.

[markpkessinger]

22. Right, but . . .

. . . either the bill in question permanently ended Daylight Savings Time, or it made Daylight Savings Time permanent, Which is it? (I believe it was the latter.)

[SCantiGOP]

28. I think the Senate bill would make it permanent

but some in the House want it just eliminated, and that is the holdup.

[Polybius]

3. Why was it stalled in the House?

Does Pelosi oppose it?

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Because it passed almost by accident in the Senate?

It wasn't seriously scrutinized or debated. It looked like some senatorial assistants saw a chance to get it through without the senators thinking about it. There wasn't a serious look as to whether going on to permanent 'normal' time would make more sense than permanent 'daylight savings' (when the middle of the day is about 1pm, rather than 12).

[Polybius]

6. God forbid we ever go into permanent Standard Time

That would be a cataclysmic nightmare for me. 7:30 sundown's in June? Yeah no.

[rurallib]

11. I would love it!

[Polybius]

12. Why though?

You like it getting dark earlier?

[rurallib]

14. yep for one thing

Plus I always feel like time and sun are out of sync with daylight time.

[Polybius]

15. Fair enough

I like it getting dark later, and I don't think dark mornings are a bad thing. They are kinda cool.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

23. Yeah, but you could get a round of golf in before work.

It'll get light very early.

[markpkessinger]

24. Some of us are old enough to remember when we stayed on Daylight Savings Time in 1974 . . .

I was in the 7th grade. That winter, when we arrived at school around 8 a.m., it was still pitch black outside (didn't get light until close to 9!). It was AWFUL!

[Renew Deal]

4. I know people confused by this and insisted it had happened.

They were surprised it wasn't done.

[Xavier Breath]

7. Heard somewhere, NPR maybe

that some medical establishment types agreed with scuttling the time-change concept but felt that keeping permanent standard time was more in line with human circadian rhythms. Have to admit I'd prefer Standard time as well. Whichever is chosen I'm sure we'll hear "Won't someone please think of the children/farmers/roosters?!"

[GoCubsGo]

10. Yes, it was NPR.

I just got done watching the video on this on their YouTube. I prefer Standard Time, as well, although, in the end, I'm in the "Pick one and stick with it" camp. The whole "too dark in the morning/evening" thing is kind of moot, because we wind up with periods on either end of the day that are lighter or darker than some would like, regardless of ST/DST, due to the seasons.

[rurallib]

13. I humbly suggest we move the clock ahead 1/2 hour and leave it

[LiberalFighter]

8. Why are they even making that a question??? efn media

If this had passed it would had been front and center on the news.

[mike_c]

9. Arizona is on permanent daylight savings and I love it

Especially since I'm teaching classes online in California. I get an extra hour of sleep in the morning because it's ten o'clock here when my 9:00 AM class begins there.

[rurallib]

16. I thought Arizona was on permanent Mountain Standard Time

except for the reservations.

I have a relative in Tucson. Whatever, they don't change time.

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. Arizona is more in the "standard" time zone than daylight savings

It's on Mountain Standard Time, which is GMT-7. That is centered on (15 degrees*7)=105 degrees West longitude, which stretches from 97.5W to 112.5W.

https://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/states/arizona/lat-long.html

Arizona is at about 109W at its eastern border, and about -115W at its west. So most of it (including Phoenix) is geographically in the Mountain Standard zone.

[mike_c]

20. yes, but my point is that it does not change when the time changes...

...everywhere else. It's currently 12:15 PM in California, 1:15 PM in Arizona, and also 1:15 PM in Colorado. Beginning March 12 it will be 1:15 PM in California (PST daylight savings), 1:15 PM in Arizona (unchanged), and 2:15 in Colorado (MST daylight savings). Another way to think about it is that Arizona is on MST during winter and PST in summer.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. So it's on permanent standard time

which is not what the Senate voted for. Which is quite a good example about how the Senate vote was not properly thought through.

[markpkessinger]

25. Yes, but the difference is significant . . .

. . . Staying on standard time is one thing. Staying year round on Daylight saving time -- we tried that in 1974. I was in the 7th grade, and during the winter, it would be pitch black out when I arrived at school at 8 a.m. -- didn't get light out until close to 9 a.m.!

[markpkessinger]

26. Yes, but the difference is significant . . .

. . . Staying on standard time is one thing. Staying year round on Daylight saving time -- we tried that in 1974. I was in the 7th grade, and during the winter, it would be pitch black out when I arrived at school at 8 a.m. -- didn't get light out until close to 9 a.m.!

[rurallib]

17. Back in the 50s here in Iowa each county chose daylight or standard time for the summer

Time changed from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Since Illinois was fully daylight time the counties on the Mississippi river usually changed. But not all of them. So if you were taking a little trip by the river you might have to change times a couple of times.

[nattyice]

19. I much prefer STANDARD time.

[markpkessinger]

27. MSN is confused . . .

The bill that passed in the Senate and stalled in the Senate did not "permanently end Daylight Savings Time." Instead, it made Daylight Savings Time permanent year-round! If it ended anything, it ended Standard Time!