ENDING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME WOULD CHANGE YOUR SUNRISES, SUNSETS. HERE'S HOW

NEW YORK — Twice a year, the clocks change, and Americans are subject to endless arguments over the merits of daylight saving time. Will this biannual tradition soon come to an end?

President-elect Donald Trump recently posted that “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time,” calling it costly and inconvenient. If successful, Trump would be bringing an end to a practice that’s been observed on-and-off in the United States since 1918.

Originally implemented to save energy by increasing daylight hours during World War I, it was standardized nationally in 1966 under the Uniform Time Act. Under this law, daylight saving time would be observed from the second Sunday of March through the first Sunday of November. Contrary to popular belief, it is incredibly unpopular among farmers as they lose morning light and it disrupts their livestock. Over the past few years, the concept of a permanent time, be it in daylight saving time (setting the clocks forward by one hour) or standard time, has repeatedly popped up in politics.

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