Donald Trump needs to scrap daylight saving time throughout the US, which the president-elect claims will get monetary savings.
Posting on his social media web site, Reality Social, he mentioned he would attempt to finish the apply of fixing clocks every spring and autumn.
“The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time (DST), which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t!”
“Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” Mr Trump added.
Many US states put clocks ahead one hour in March and again an hour in November to maximise daylight through the summer time months.
There was a long-running debate concerning the coverage, not solely in America however elsewhere together with the UK.
Time to cease messing with the clocks?
DST was first launched in Germany as a measure through the First World Struggle as a consequence of wartime coal shortages and air-raid blackouts.
The UK additionally adopted the adjustments quickly after and whereas the US did briefly dabble in DST, it was just for seven months and was not reintroduced till 1942 through the Second World Struggle.
DST has been in place in practically all US states because the Nineteen Sixties however some don’t change their clocks in any respect, corresponding to Arizona and Hawaii.
Supporters of remaining on DST argue it results in brighter afternoons and evenings and extra financial exercise through the winter months.
Critics say it forces youngsters to stroll to high school in darkness because the measure delays dawn by an hour, and the bi-annual altering of clocks causes sleep disturbance and well being points.
The president-elect has some assist for his plans to scrap DST altogether.
Since 2015, about 30 states have launched or handed laws to finish the twice-yearly altering of clocks, with some states proposing to do it provided that neighbouring states do the identical.
In March 2022, the US Senate voted unanimously to make DST everlasting however the effort stalled within the Home after politicians couldn’t attain an settlement.
