Re: President Trump and Real Republicans push for permanent DST

May 22, 2026 Last reply: 4 months ago 2 Replies
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House Republicans are striving to make daylight saving time permanent, which would end the practice of changing the clocks twice a year, a move


> President Donald Trump deemed “an easy one.”

We tried that in the 1970s. The two-year experiment with permananent DST was cancelled after 8 months because so many people hated it.

Cindy Hamilton

You can recall 1974 with such accuracy? Were you old enough to be polled?

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Cindy Hamilton

I don't see the advantage. It is nice to know what time it is in other parts of the world when you want to contact them. If were were all saying the same time, would you know if a person was awake when we all say it is 4 PM GMT? Please explain.

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