WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans are just days away from setting their clocks forward for Daylight Saving Time. But some people are tired of this biannual time change, including President Donald Trump.
Trump has vowed to work with the Republican party to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, calling it “inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation” in a December 2025 Truth Social post, just days before taking office.
Advocates for ending the March and November clock changes argue that the biannual transitions of “spring forward” and “fall back” disrupt sleep patterns and negatively impact both mental and physical health.
Currently, only Arizona and Hawaii have opted out of Daylight Saving Time, staying on standard time year-round. For the rest of the country, clocks will once again jump forward an hour at 2 a.m. on March 9, marking the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. If Trump’s push succeeds, this could be one of the last times Americans adjust their clocks.
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 allows states to stick with standard time permanently, but a shift to permanent Daylight Saving Time requires a change in federal law. That’s why Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation earlier this year, known as the “Sunshine Protection Act.” If passed, the bill would make Daylight Saving Time permanent, meaning no more falling back in November. The change would result in later sunsets in winter, but also later sunrises — for example, Ohio, sunrise would shift to past 8 a.m. for four months, and even as late as 9 a.m.
Ohio’s House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution in December 2023 urging Congress to pass a previous version of the Sunshine Protection Act. However, the Ohio Senate only held one hearing on the measure last June, and it never advanced out of the General Government Committee.
As the clock change on March 9 approaches, all eyes are on Washington, where Trump’s support for ending the time shift could give the Sunshine Protection Act new momentum.
