Trump's plan to end daylight saving: Will 4:30 a.m. be the new American daybreak?
Morning in America could, someday soon, be earlier than ever imagined.
Morning in America could, someday soon, be earlier than ever imagined.
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to end daylight saving time, a surprising pledge that, if carried through, would dramatically alter U.S. life in spring and summer months, when Americans revel in sunshine well into traditional nighttime hours.
Daylight saving time tends to push sunshine to later hours, making for gloriously long, bright days in spring and summer months. Standard time brings more sunshine to earlier hours, insuring that children are not trudging to school in cold-weather darkness.
Trump’s proposed sunset of daylight saving time, a practice long believed to be supported by U.S. business interests, stunned the medical community that’s been pushing for years to make standard time full time. Opponents of daylight saving say it can pose a risk of mood disorders, adverse cardiovascular events and car crashes.
University of California San Francisco neurologist and sleep expert Dr. Kin Yuen said she and her peer group of standard time backers still are not entirely confident in Trump’s pledge even though the president-elect's Truth Social post clearly spelled out his desire to end daylight saving time.
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