Who Remembers When Daylight Saving Time Was Permanent in Montana?

For everyone who wants to stop changing their clocks for daylight saving time, it looks like we tried it -- 50 years ago.

We talked about the time change this morning, asking how long it takes you to acclimate to standard time or daylight saving time in the spring. A lot of people said that they don't feel fully acclimated until it's time to switch again in March. People also said they wished it wouldn't change.

That's a popular point of view. We recently had a story about Montana joining other states in a campaign to end the switching. But, there are a few things that would have to happen first before we could make daylight saving time or standard time the permanent option.

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But we might want to reconsider.

Do You Remember When We Tried Changing Daylight Saving Time?

One of our listeners shared that she remembered when they tried changing daylight saving time, and that nobody liked it. This would have been back in the 1970s.

According to an article in the Washingtonian, the U.S. did explore having everyone stop changing their clocks.

Congress had voted on December 14, 1973, to put the US on daylight saving time for two years. President Nixon signed the bill the next day. - Washingtonian

But, as they further describe, the change led to an increase in traffic accidents in the mornings and the change fell out of favor with most people.

If you look at timeanddate.com you can see in 1974 and 1975 when daylight saving time shifted to January and February but then went back to April in 1976.

It's hard to say if we'll stop changing clocks anytime soon but hopefully, now that we've shifted to standard time, you find yourself appreciating more light in the mornings, and that you took advantage of that extra hour of sleep.