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Shorter days are coming – eliminating daylight savings time doesn’t change that
Mountain Media, LLCOctober 13, 2026
Article discusses daylight saving time history, its origins in WWII, and the Uniform Time Act of 1966, noting shorter days come regardless of time changes.
Daylight savings time has been tried in different places and times. The current practice in the U.S. began during World War II, and became standardized by the Uniform Time Act of 1966. Of course, the idea was to save energy, and to benefit from long evening daylight hours (and wasn’t it fun to miss bedtime […]