Permanent DST goes to the Senate

I know it's Congress, but I think this goes beyond politics.

I imagine people at the edges of their time zones will not be in favor. If I'm reading correctly, sunrise in New Buffalo in the depths of December will be at 9am.

Click here for link at https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5968255-house-sunshine-pr

Replies:

I won't mind the sun being down before 9:30 in South Bend. * - USAF_Irish 2026-07-16 15:25:47
Goodbye to "noon." Solar noon would become 1pm permanently. - PamBeesly 2026-07-15 21:58:45
Ah, the important stuff. * - Revue Party 2026-07-15 20:43:35
*sigh* - novadamer 2026-07-15 17:49:44
Doesn’t affect me because - BeijingIrish 2026-07-15 16:04:11
- I used to file flight plans using Zulu time - ufl 2026-07-15 17:00:08
  - 39 years in FAA. It's burned into my psyche. * - Knute of Indy 2026-07-15 18:15:40
Is there really a federal interest in this? * - ufl 2026-07-15 14:49:01
- Every six month the internet complains. Then forgets. * - cujays96 2026-07-15 16:04:30
Solution in search of a problem * - garbageplate 2026-07-15 14:48:46
- Yes * - TJK1998 2026-07-15 15:06:23
How'd the House vote on pizza Fridays? - StetsonDan 2026-07-15 14:39:07
In Oregon we go to work and come home in the dark in winter - ravenium 2026-07-15 14:26:18
I’ll believe it if it finally happens. Would love this. * - kellykapowski 2026-07-15 14:18:20
Will rise ~9:45am on Winter Soltice in Western UP. - Raoul 2026-07-15 14:14:42
- One on't cross beams gone owt askew on't treddle? * - El Kabong 2026-07-15 14:38:17
  - I wasn’t expecting some sort of Spanish Inquisition * - GoonSquad 2026-07-15 21:55:36
    - Nobody does. * - SWPaDem 2026-07-16 05:59:04
This could be a win-win for later school times - TMCT 2026-07-15 13:45:22
- But they can’t change bell schedules on a dime. - bizdomer09 2026-07-15 14:00:29
  - Logistics are a big part - Wooderson 2026-07-15 18:24:10
- That is true for adolescents in particular. - tdiddy07 2026-07-15 13:57:15
  - Later afternoons will present a problem - vermin05 2026-07-15 16:01:55
    - That seems atypically long. - tdiddy07 2026-07-15 16:44:34
      - That’s what happens when your lunch room - vermin05 2026-07-15 17:28:34
My understanding is that states have the option to - veets 2026-07-15 13:22:15
- But what time is it in South Bend? * - cujays96 2026-07-15 13:24:18
Arizona went on DST one time in the late 60s-early 70s. It - BoogAlou 2026-07-15 13:16:46
I hate it. * - Rocksteady74 2026-07-15 13:11:57
As someone who lives on the western edge of a time zone... - John@Indy 2026-07-15 13:03:31
We talk about this every year - wcnitz 2026-07-15 12:49:14
- I don't understand why changing clocks twice a year - garbageplate 2026-07-15 14:50:07
  - Especially when - wcnitz 2026-07-15 18:15:33
    - I think we have four manual clocks in the house - garbageplate 2026-07-15 19:58:01
Idiotic idea - sprack 2026-07-15 12:34:44
- So true ... people are such babies - Melanzana 2026-07-15 19:54:05
The sleep scientists told them in 2023 this was not the way. - cujays96 2026-07-15 12:32:24
- Science?? What's that? * - sprack 2026-07-15 12:35:53
  - That Thomas Dolby guy was right about you... * - Jess 2026-07-15 17:34:46
We just went to permanent DST in BC - Irish_Texan 2026-07-15 12:31:49
evening daylite is better for most * - discNDav 2026-07-15 12:29:59
- Agree - elcortez01 2026-07-15 14:07:39
  - What good will December evening sunlight do you? * - StetsonDan 2026-07-15 15:00:51
    - Outside of the northern most climates - elcortez01 2026-07-15 15:52:59
      - We can do stuff outside in MN if you layer enough - StetsonDan 2026-07-15 16:30:20
- Science (link) - cujays96 2026-07-15 12:47:49
  - Science! - bizdomer09 2026-07-15 13:10:31
    - Weird Science - cujays96 2026-07-15 13:20:55
- Can you qualify that? - tdiddy07 2026-07-15 12:45:16
This is a bad idea, just like the 70s - vermin05 2026-07-15 12:29:46
- Yup. This was tried in 74 and quickly repealed. - socal_doubledomer74 2026-07-16 03:43:34