Twice a year, people in the U.S. either gain or lose an hour of time in the name of daylight savings, leading to false time displays on appliances and thrown off sleep cycles. But is this inconvenient norm about to become a thing of the past?
The U.S. Senate passed a bill called the Sunshine Protection Act in March, which would make daylight saving time permanent starting in November of 2023. This means Americans would no longer change their clocks, and the time set in spring of 2023 (when the clock moves an hour forward) would be there to stay — in other words, most Americans get more hours with the sun in the sky, even during the winter.
