Why it's time to abolish daylight saving time

When the U.S. Senate voted unanimously this spring to make daylight saving time permanent, the senators were said to be a little groggy(opens in new tab), having just endured the clock's annual jump forward. Had they not lost an hour of sleep, clearer heads might've considered the science indicating daylight saving time is the one that needs nixing, putting the nation back on permanent standard time. The bill stalled in the House of Representatives. So on Sunday, Nov. 6, states that observe the time changes will again fall back an hour, to standard time, and barring a legislative surprise they will spring forward again on the second Sunday next March. Meanwhile, sleep experts and other scientists are calling for the end of daylight saving time (DST), saying clocks should be forever set on standard time — as happens in Hawaii, most of Arizona, and the U.S. territories. That would provide more hours of morning daylight, for adults and kids alike, thereby more properly setting the body's internal sleep-wake clock, called the circadian system.