United States: Fifty-four percent of Americans want to do away with daylight saving time (DST) before the upcoming March 9 schedule change.
Forty percent of United States adults agree with daylight saving time, while six percent remain uncommitted about this issue, according to survey findings.
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The recent Gallup survey from January 21 to 27 delivers this information about daylight saving time for the first time since Gallup conducted their assessments in 1999.
Change in public opinion about this practice over the course of 26 years has been considerable during that period. Results from the 1999 survey demonstrate comparable support for daylight saving time, with 73% in favor, just like 74% who indicated agreement in the 1990 poll.
Daylight saving time received less intense support throughout the period from 1937 to 1957 as the nationwide implementation varied widely during that time, although 51% to 57% of Americans supported it at each measurement point, gallup.com reported.
Daylight saving time beginning
Social practices of daylight saving time began as a national policy decision in 1918 during World War I to increase industrial production through extended daily work hours.
During the span of six decades starting from World War I until the 1960s the United States followed a fragmented approach as states chose independently whether to implement daylight saving time or not.
American national time changes during spring and fall became standardized after Congress passed the Uniform Time Act of 1966.
Several laws have changed the schedule for clock adjustment after the Uniform Time Act established regular annual timing, and Hawaii, along with most areas of Arizona, does not observe daylight saving time.
The US Senate approved DST year-round in 2022, but this bill was not passed in the House, gallup.com reported.
This year, Democratic and Republican members of Congress brought forth legislation that seeks to make DST a permanent all-year scheme.
Public support for daylight saving time has experienced a dramatic decline from 1999 until the present day for all race and age demographics.