Should the U.S. be on Daylight Saving Year-Round_ Essays - Time

Amatullah Manir Dejesus Mr. D'Ambrosio CP ELA 12, Period 3 May 12, 2019 Should the U.S. be on Daylight Saving Year-Round? Daylight saving time is a concept in which clocks are changed by an hour twice a year, around March and November, that was developed by George Hudson in 1895. ( WedExhibits.) The idea behind this concept was to increase the amount of daylight in the warmer months to allow for more work to be done on farms, in industrial industries, and for more time for recreation. Another purpose of this concept is to save energy, as lights, or candles in 1895, would not need to be used as the sun is still up. However, daylight saving has become more of a social concept, as a poll concluded in 1976 found that about sixty seven percent of the population in New South Wales, Australia, prefer the use of daylight saving, as it gives time for longer summer nights. ( WedExhibits.) The idea of no longer using daylight saving time came from President Trump around March, when clocks "spring forward," and clocks are set an hour ahead, losing that hour of sleep. (Nace.) This essay will explain those small details, and the larger ones, and why the United States should not change the time system that has been used for nearly a century. Daylight saving time was first used by an entire country in 1916. (WebExhibits.) The Germans used the concept during World War I to increase efficiency in the country for the war efforts and to boost the economy. (Handwerk.) In the United States, two years after Germany began using daylight saving time, the concept was implemented and was meant to be used only during wartime to extend the work day and boost efficiency in the nation for the war efforts, giving daylight saving time the nam "War Time". (i.e) Daylight saving time was repealed after the war, only to be implemented again during World War for the same reasons as the previous World War. The concept was not repealed after second World War and stayed in use, however not every state continued to use daylight saving time, and those that did were not on the same track of time. In 1966, daylight saving time was signed into law in by President Lyndon B. Johnson in what is known as the Uniform Time Act. This act is a po licy to "promote the adoption and observance of uniform time" ( Public Law 87-378: Uniform Time Act of 1966.) This policy states when clocks are changed, however it does not state that every state has to observe daylight saving time. This idea of uniform time was necessary as some states did observe the change, some did not, and those who did observe the time change did not set their clocks back at the same time. These variations in times across the country threw radio and television stations, transportation agencies and other national services through a loop to try and keep up with the ever changing daylight saving time and the variations of. Due to this act being a policy rather than a law, it would not take much to change the use daylight saving time. There are already states that do not observe daylight saving time, such as Arizona and Hawaii, along with several United States territories. These areas do not observe daylight saving as it does not benefit the area. The closer to the equator an area is, the less beneficial daylight saving time is, as the area already gets an abundance of "daytime" and adding to the amount of daylight each day would be counterproductive. However these are the only areas that do not benefit from daylight saving time. There is also many who argue that daylight saving has negative health effects, such as sleep deprivation that can and has lead to fatal car accidents, heart attack and stroke risk and other health problems. Daylight saving time is best used for promoting productivity, even though the day after clocks are changed ahead an hour is referred to as "Sleepy Monday." While it is true that the day after daylight saving is a rough day for everyone, the rest of the eight