Daylight saving time begins Sunday and most of America will “spring forward” and lose an hour of sleep.
Could this be the last time?
World’s richest man and senior Donald Trump adviser Elon Musk is polling his followers on X about whether daylight saving time should be “canceled.”
“If daylight savings time change is canceled, do you prefer,” Musk posted to X.
Hawaii and most of Arizona don’t make the spring switch, sticking to standard time year-round along with Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Worldwide, dozens of countries also observe daylight saving time, starting and ending at different dates.
Every year there’s talk about ending the time change. In December, then-President-elect Donald Trump promised to eliminate daylight saving time. For the last several years, a bipartisan bill named the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent has stalled in Congress; it has been reintroduced this year.
But that’s the opposite of what some health groups recommend. The American Medical Association and American Academy of Sleep Medicine agree it’s time to do away with time switches but say sticking with standard time year-round aligns better with the sun — and human biology — for more consistent sleep.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
