© 2024 Ideastream Public Media

1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(216) 916-6100 | (877) 399-3307

WKSU is a public media service licensed to Kent State University and operated by Ideastream Public Media.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

The Daylight Saving Debate

Howie Brown adjusts the time on a clock back one hour for the end of day light savings time at Brown's Old Time Clock Shop in Plantation, Florida.
Howie Brown adjusts the time on a clock back one hour for the end of day light savings time at Brown's Old Time Clock Shop in Plantation, Florida.

This weekend marks the end of Daylight Saving Time… for this year anyway.

But there’s a bill in Congress to make it permanent, which would mean never changing our clocks again.

Nineteen states have already made it clear that they’d make the switch if Congress says okay.  

How did this biannual ritual come about anyway? And what are our other options? 

Copyright 2021 WAMU 88.5

Amanda Williams