How Daylight Saving Time Changes Affect You and What You Can Do About It – WTOP News
The seasonal switch gives Spaniards an extra hour of sleep while EU efforts to end clock changes remain unresolved.
- Most Americans will set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, as daylight saving time ends and the shift to standard time begins. The "fall back" provides an extra hour of sleep but brings darker afternoons.
- The shift disrupts the human circadian rhythm, a roughly 24-hour cycle governing sleep and alertness. Health experts, including the American Medical Association and American Academy of Sleep Medicine, advocate for permanent standard time to align better with natural light exposure.
- About 1 in 3 U.S. adults sleep less than the recommended seven hours nightly, while more than half of teens miss the suggested eight hours. Adjusting bedtimes by 15 minutes in days before the change can ease the transition.
- The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act this summer, with President Donald Trump supporting permanent daylight saving time and pressuring Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, an opponent, to back the proposal.
- An AP-NORC poll found only 12% of Americans favor current time-changing practices, though many prefer the extra evening daylight during daylight saving time. Hawaii and most of Arizona already observe standard time year-round.
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Daylight Saving Time Ends This Week. Here’s How to Best Prepare Yourself for the Time Change
Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming clock change, and the state of the bill that’s trying to put a stop to the cycle of changing the clocks twice a year.
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Here’s how daylight saving time impacts your body and what you can do
An extra hour of sleep is on the way for Americans this weekend as clocks turn back to standard time, ushering in earlier sunsets and changes to daily routines and sleep habits. Here’s how you can adjust to the time change.
Sunshine Protection Act: Will Clocks Stop Changing After the November 1 Switch?
Americans will turn their clocks back one hour on Sunday, November 1, 2026, despite a major vote in Congress to end the twice-yearly changes. The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House of Representatives in July, bringing the country closer to permanent daylight saving time, but the legislation has not become law. For millions of people, ...
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