Every November and March, my household spends a week recovering from a government-mandated jet lag. My kids' bedtimes slide, mornings become battles, and teachers report the same fog in every classroom. The original energy-saving argument collapsed years ago: a 2008 Department of Energy study found the extension of daylight time saved about half a percent of electricity, a rounding error. Meanwhile Arizona and Hawaii skip the whole ritual and function perfectly well, as Reuters coverage of the debate regularly notes. Russia tried permanent daylight time in 2011 and abandoned it after public outcry over dark winter mornings, switching to permanent standard time in 2014. The experiment has been run. The switching helps almost nobody and disrupts everybody. End it.
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LifestyleSep 23, 2026
Should daylight saving time be abolished permanently?
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As a teacher, the week after each change is lost instructional time. Tired kids do not learn, and no lesson plan survives a room full of jet-lagged eight-year-olds. End the switching and give us the week back.