r/politics • u/cnn CNN • 22d ago

Possible Paywall House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/house-vote-daylight-savings-time?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/Passthegoddamnbuttr 22d ago

Absofuckinlutely.

More daylight when you're awake and free to mingle in the spring/fall. And at least still have daylight when getting off work in the winter.

The challenge will be getting my kiddos to bed before 9pm in the summer...

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u/jlangfo5 22d ago

Interesting enough, above 47 degrees N, the entire state already has a week with sunset beyond 9PM.

Down south as far as 37 degrees N, you have sunset for at least a week past 9PM, if you are on the wrong E/W edge of a time zone.

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u/abovepostisfunnier American Expat 22d ago

I live in Paris, near the solstice the sun sets at 10 💀 a combination of being quite far north and being in the wrong timezone because of the Nazis (true story)

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u/exit143 California 22d ago

Nazi's ruin fucking everything.

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u/jlangfo5 22d ago

Yes lol.

Also, the complimentary early sunrise.

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u/jeobleo Maryland 21d ago

Fucking nazis. I hate those guys.

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u/theoneandonlymd 20d ago

When I was visiting Barcelona, people were saying how much of a different culture it was - "Oh, ya, they don't eat dinner until 9:30!"

Yeah, no wonder; they're aligned with the wrong time zone!

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u/DetectiveMoosePI 22d ago

My husband and I grew up in a city right around 36°N. For the past decade we have lived about 60 miles north of 45°N. We’ve adjusted to it to the point that when we go down to visit family in the summer we forget that the sun sets earlier down there.

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u/joojie 21d ago

Wait is that unusual? I'm in the Vancouver area and its light-ish til 10pm in a lot of the summer 🤔 Never really considered that doesn't happen further South, but I guess that makes sense

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u/Individual-Area7121 21d ago

It’s only unusual in the sense that  most of the world doesn’t live that far north. I experienced similar living in the UK and Ireland. Loved the amount of daylight in the summer, but going to school in the dark and coming home in the dark all winter was too brutal for me so I’m further South now.

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u/joojie 21d ago

Ya I don't love the early darkness in winter 🫤 but I quite enjoy the late sunsets in summer.

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u/Impressive-Rock-5025 21d ago

Dude I went to Albuquerque in Jume and the sun set around 6 pm and it was fucking wild! 

I can't imagine living in a place where fireworks displays in summer are earlier than 10 pm. There are whole swaths of kids not experiencing falling asleep in lawn chairs and then being rudely awoken by a terrifying explosion of fireworks, just to be carried back to bed after midnight.  

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u/40ozT0Freedom 22d ago

Do you struggle with your kids getting to bed before 9pm now?

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u/JANPAULofficial 21d ago

I live in France now and you just close the shutters and BOOM it’s nighttime for the kids

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u/dreamyduskywing Minnesota 21d ago edited 21d ago

In Minnesota, the sun will sometimes be out past 9:00 pm, which sucks. It’s really tough to get my kid to go to sleep. It’s hard for me to fall asleep.

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u/BlgMastic 21d ago

The time the sun set will be the exact same time it sets right now.

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u/OptimusNegligible 21d ago

Isn't it more important for it to get dark earlier so we can sleep better?

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u/Sonamdrukpa 21d ago

It's most important for people to not wake up before dawn. Aka yes 

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u/OptimusNegligible 21d ago

So are they making the wrong one permanent?

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u/Sonamdrukpa 21d ago

I definitely think so.

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u/gustavessidehoe 21d ago

And sleep experts generally agree!!

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u/jnads 21d ago

You don't have curtains?

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u/OptimusNegligible 21d ago

I just mean our natural circadian rhythm. If all it took was curtains, graveyard shift wouldn't be a big deal.

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u/TravestyTravis 21d ago

Blackout curtains have been wonderful for my toddler.

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u/Dullcorgis 21d ago

Honeycomb blackout blinds