Virginia Tech economic expert Jadrian Wooten discusses why the retail industries want to keep daylight saving time, the problems associated with it, and at least one justification for leaving it be.

Until then, the financial benefits of daylight saving time remain theoretical and anecdotal at best. Targeted businesses stand to gain, but the jury is still out on net effects across the whole ...

Daylight saving may have worked for folks in cities who checked their watches to stay on task. But for farmers, it meant less time in the morning to milk their cows before the delivery truck showed up ...

Switching permanently to either standard time or daylight saving time would disadvantage either early risers or night owls, while the current system provides each group with benefits for half the ...

Seeley is breaking down eight potential benefits of getting rid of Daylight Savings Time. The first, he said, is that people will see an improvement in their quality of sleep.

The debate will continue, but if we are going to keep daylight savings time, I have a proposal. Keep the end of daylight saving time in the fall on a weekend. Everyone will get an extra hour of sleep.

The start of daylight saving time will cost you an hour of sleep, but that lost sleep can benefit you in the long run. GET IT ON G E T I T O N. Skip to content. Menu. WINK News. News . Charlotte ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s latest promise is to eliminate daylight saving time, which would mean putting the U.S. on standard time year-round. May 26, 2025 Log in ...

Read more: 10 states where Daylight Saving Time impacts employee productivity the most . In conjunction with the study, Calm launched a "Sleep Hotline," 1-844-4-CALM-SLEEP. Employees do not need a ...

Is there medical benefit to daylight saving time? In 2023, Dr. Anthony Izzo , medical director of sleep at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester told the USA Today Network that the twice-a-year time ...

Lawmakers are considering passing the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent year-round. Proponents argue the extra hour of evening sunlight could deliver financial ...

Research on potential energy savings from daylight saving time has produced mixed results. A 2008 Department of Energy study found a small 0.5% decrease in daily electricity demand after an ...