Don’t forget: clocks will “spring forward” by 1 hour this weekend for most U.S. states, while Congress debates whether to eliminate the twice-yearly time changes.
Daylight saving time will go into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday for every state but Hawaii, Arizona — except on Navajo tribal lands — and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Daylight saving time was first established in the United States in 1918, but U.S. farmers pushed for its repeal because it disrupted their workflow, which is nearly entirely dependent on the sun. It was reintroduced state-by-state in the following years and nationwide in 1966 as a form of energy conservation.
Members of the House energy and commerce subcommittee met Thursday to discuss the possibility of ending daylight saving in the United States. Most lawmakers on the panel agreed it was time to stop switching the clock, but couldn’t agree whether to keep daylight saving time or standard time.
