Anointedtoday.blogspot.com: The Pros and Cons of Daylight Savings Time

Is changing the clocks twice a year worth it? Do you know when daylight savings time started in the United States? Does Daylight Savings Time affect your sleep?

Think About This. . .

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1. Who created Daylight Savings Time?

In 1895 George Vernon Hudson, a postal worker from New Zealand made this proposition so that he would have more daylight hours to devote to his passion for studying and collecting insects, but in 1907 William Willett published a brochure called “The Waste of Daylight” advocating the benefits of adjusting clocks. This is according to historycooperative.org.

2. Daylight Savings Time in the United States

Did you know that daylight savings time started in the United States in 1918 during World War 1 for the purpose of conserving fuel?

3. Safety

According to scienceinsights.org., daylight savings time reduces crime, lowers traffic fatalities, and gives people more usable daylight after work and school. Whereas it has been explained that farmers follow the sun not the clock and when humans move their clock forward their production gets disrupted and the milk truck still arrives on the clock, which allows the dairy farmers no flexibility to keep things moving.

4. Mental Health

What about your mental health. Did you know that sleep disturbances and the stress of adjusting to daylight savings may affect your mental health. Housely.com talks about people often feeling more anxious or depressed during this transition making it harder to feel balanced. I can attest to this. When the clock is changed my body still wants to remain on the say old routine and it takes a while for me to adjust.

5. Daylight Importance

What is the importance of daylight? It has been scientifically proven that natural lighting helps people become happier, calm, healthy and productive. Aydinlatma.org. further suggests that daylight improves the overall health and circadian rhythm of building occupants. I love the daylight and I can see why switching the times every year can be concerning for our bodies. My body feels it.

6. Permanent Daylight Savings Time

Permanent daylight savings time will provide Americans with greater consistency, more usable daylight in the evening, and the certainty that comes with ending the twice-yearly clock changes. Usnews.com talks about this. I can see this. Changing time twice a year just messes with the body.

7. Living by the Sun and Moons Rhythm

Have you ever thought about how we survived before daylight savings time? Before daylight savings time we depended on the sun. There are those that could tell you about the time by the way that the sun rises, because clocks were not invented until the 13^th and 14^th century according to nigms.nih.gov.

8. Will Trump End Daylight Savings Time?

This is an interesting question. Usatoday.com mentioned that in Trump’s first term in March 2019 he shared on social media that he fully supported making daylight saving time permanent. In another post in 2024, Trump said he supports eliminating the time change. They further added that the Daylight Act of 2026, would change the 1918 law and permanently adjust American time, per the legislation. Republican Greg Steube, R-Florida, in early February, introduced the bill that would move the United States time zones forward 30 minutes and leave them there permanently.

9. On the Winter Solstice?

What happens after the winter solstice? The winter solstice occurred on Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 10:03 am., the shortest day of the year. Starting Monday, December 22, the days started getting longer, and the sun was higher up in the sky. The darkest afternoon was on December 7 thanks to the lag between the days variable lengths caused by our planet moving at different speeds in our orbit. This is talked about at almanac.com. They further added that daily daylight increased by 3 minutes per day in March, depending on your location.

10. Candles

Could you imagine telling time by a candle? During the middle-ages this is exactly how they told time. The burning of a candle is a predictable thing. People could measure time by marking candles by the hour. Medievalists.net talks about this. When a candle had burned down to a certain mark, that meant many hours had passed. Can you imagine?

11. Spring Forward

What does spring forward during Daylight Savings time mean? It means losing an hour and according to usatoday.com Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health states this has caused disrupting sleep patterns for over 300 million people, risk of mood disturbances, hospital admissions, as well as potential car crashes. I know that is right. I have noticed even though the time changes my body does not seem to be aware of that and wants to reside on the old schedule. Now they further added that not all United States observe daylight savings time. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight savings time. I would not be offended if my state was added to that list. In fact, I would really like it.

12. Circadian Rhythm

How important is your circadian rhythm? Your circadian rhythm is the pattern your body follows based on a 24-hour day. In other words, your body’s internal clock. What happens when your circadian rhythm is disrupted? Light and dark affect your circadian rhythm. It affects your food intake, stress, physical activity, temperature, overnight or off-hour work shifts, travel, certain medications, mental health conditions, health conditions involving your head or brain, and poor sleep habits. I can identify with several of these.

I recall when cross-training at my previous employment, part of my cross-training involved working all 3 shifts. Well, everyone teased me regarding third shift, because every night while working at exactly 3 am I became very sleepy and had to fight to keep my eyes open. I will never forget working that shift. That was an eye opener for me.

What are your thoughts? Do you want Daylight Savings time to stop?

Source:

Who Invented Daylight Savings Time? Chronicles of the Clock | History Cooperative

What Are the Real Benefits of Daylight Saving Time? - ScienceInsights

5 Benefits and 5 Drawbacks of Daylight Savings Time - Housely

The Importance of Daylight - Lighting Portal

The House Voted for Permanent Daylight Saving Time. Here Is What it Means for You | National News | U.S. News

Living by the light: How the Moon and Sun shape our rhythm

Circadian Rhythms | National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Is Trump ending daylight saving time? See his stance on the issue.

How Much Daylight Do We Gain After the Winter Solstice? | Almanac.com

Time and the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net