This is not data is beautiful. This is mildly irritating. Clearly you’ve never heard of red green colorblindness.
Source: Individual state governments
Tools: Datawrapper, Illustrator
My favorite time of the year.Â
People are going to hate permanent daylight savings time in December. If any state implements it. Mark my words.Â
This map has less data than we’d usually share, but hopefully, some folks still find it interesting and/or a helpful reminder to change their clocks on Sunday.
And while this map highlights the 20 states that have passed clock-based legislation, another 25 have considered doing the same. But without a change to federal law, we’re all sticking with the current system (except for Hawaii and Arizona). Here’s a bit more:
>At least 45 states have either considered or passed laws to stop changing clocks and move permanently to either daylight saving or standard time. As of now, 20 states have successfully passed legislation to adopt permanent daylight saving time—but there’s a major roadblock: federal law. States can choose permanent standard time on their own (like Arizona and Hawaii already do), but they’re currently unable to move to permanent daylight saving time without Congress making a change.
>Daylight saving time first showed up during World War I as an attempt to save fuel and extend working hours by making better use of daylight. It was repealed after the war, reinstated during WWII, repealed again, and then reintroduced in 1966 with the Uniform Time Act—giving us the twice-a-year clock shift we’ve grown used to. The most recent adjustment came in 2005 when daylight saving was extended a bit longer each year.
>Interestingly, studies haven’t provided strong evidence that daylight saving time actually saves energy. A 2008 Energy Department study found only a small (0.02%) drop in energy consumption, and a 2020 study pointed out a possible increase in heart attacks during clock transitions. Despite this mixed evidence, the debate continues—Congress has repeatedly introduced the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving permanent nationwide, but it hasn’t passed yet.
DST is fine, it’s the time zones that should be angled to adjust for latitude’s effect on sunrise/sunset.
I play too much fantasy football…
I live in Cleveland OH and we have been observing DST for the last 5 years, contrary to what this post shows. Google shows no information about any such bill from 2020, although resolutions have been put forward the past 3 years nothing has actually been acted on.
Edit: I see the disclaimer about fed law on the bottom now, but I’m still not sure the date on the side is accurate at all.
This shit causes heart attacks . It needs to go .
As a software engineer this is my worst nightmare, having various states using different times.
This image is horrible for colorblind people. It looks like all but Arizona and Hawaii are one color – pink. It took me a while to differentiate the pink from the green(?) states.
I’m not sure of the specifics or status, but California voters passed a measure for this too, but I think it’s stuck at the legislation or died out.
And a bunch of Canadian provinces have approved the change if and when the US moves.
Curious why can Arizona adopt a specific format but the other states can’t. How did they manage that?
that is stupid and backwards. Noon should be when the sun is highest in the sky (basically). get rid of DST entirely. If people want an “extra hour” of daylight in the summer, they can leave work earlier.
Permanent dst seems really stupid as opposed to standard time
Or you know we could just keep “Standard” time… um… Standard. Stop with the made up DST.
Permanently change the time*
I don’t think people realize the effect going to permanent DST would have. It will be dark until 9 AM in the winter which will have drastic safety effects on kids waiting for school buses and such. Keep it the way it is. Are people really having that drastic of effects from a 1 hour time difference?
Why isn’t California included
Am I the only one that finds the 9pm sunsets weirder than the 5pm sunsets?
I feel like I have a harder time sleeping in the summer because it barely feels like nighttime when I’m off to bed around 10.
I had no clue Oklahoma did. I live in Texas but work in Oklahoma. I wonder how this is going to affect my daily schedule.
As someone who lives in Arizona, I do not miss daylight savings time.
The Minnesota bill in 2021 did not pass the legislature. If you want to show which states have attempted to repeal DST and failed then you can just make the entire country pink. Maybe they didn’t get far enough for you to hear about the attempt but they got just as far as repealimg dst as Minnesota did.
these colours (except the blue) are next to impossible for a colourblind person like myself to see, just an FYI
Permanent DST is my preferred. Waking up to darkness is already a thing for me in December. Sunrise is 7:42am and I start work at 7. Sunset is 4:32pm so it’s getting dark on my way home. I’d be completely okay with sunrise at 8:42 and sunset at 5:32pm.
Standard time in the summer would be bad as well, sunrise would be 4:27am.
Incoming nightmare for software developers 🙂
Oh good, more pointless legislation.
Anyone got a post office that needs renamed?
There are states that have permanent standard time, so what in federal law prevents them from going full daylight time?
Oh no, now people will need to make up a new reason for their lives being miserable.
Important stuff being debated and passed
As always
I’d rather see permanent standard time (CST, in my case.)
The ballot initiative is on for my state (Texas SB64/HB1393) this year and I hope it will actually pass this time but any attempts seem to always end up getting stuck in the state Senate.
Spring forward 2 hours. Burn the ships.
DST is some low hanging fruit the government and it’s doge team could jump on for an easy and popular win. Rest assured they won’t touch it because of this.
I thought California voted to remove the time switch years ago?
This is good news to me as I did not know my opinion on the matter was so popular.
I can’t find anything for my state of Maine suggesting permanent DST.
What happened to that bill a few years ago where they unanimously agreed it was stupid?
The system now is good: late sunsets in warm summer without having to wake up when it’s still dark in the winter (or doing so much less).
Some people would like permanent daylight savings time and some people would like permanent standard time. Can we just meet in the middle and move the clock forward 30 minutes this weekend and just be done with changing the clocks forever?
Ok I’m not understanding something.
The disclaimer says that no state can actually change to permanent DST without change in federal legislation (implying it’s not a matter of state sovereignty) yet Arizona and Hawaii did it with no problem!
So why can Arizona opt out of federal legislation but, say Minnesota can’t make the same change because of federal legislation?
Please baby Jesus, I beg you, make it happen for US & Canada.
We voted yes in California, legislators then just told us “no” and scrapped it.
Um… There’s a bill advancing to stop DST in Utah. This data is BS.
– Utah resident.
Man, fuck DST. It needs to be permanent Standard time. I hate having the sun out at 9-10 at night in the summer. If anything DST should be reversed. have it during winter when we actually need the daylight savings so it can get dark at 6ish instead.
![[OC] 20 US states have passed legislation to permanently adopt DST](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/9vajype1kbne1-1920x1024.png)
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This is not data is beautiful. This is mildly irritating. Clearly you’ve never heard of red green colorblindness.
Source: Individual state governments
Tools: Datawrapper, Illustrator
My favorite time of the year.Â
People are going to hate permanent daylight savings time in December. If any state implements it. Mark my words.Â
This map has less data than we’d usually share, but hopefully, some folks still find it interesting and/or a helpful reminder to change their clocks on Sunday.
And while this map highlights the 20 states that have passed clock-based legislation, another 25 have considered doing the same. But without a change to federal law, we’re all sticking with the current system (except for Hawaii and Arizona). Here’s a bit more:
>At least 45 states have either considered or passed laws to stop changing clocks and move permanently to either daylight saving or standard time. As of now, 20 states have successfully passed legislation to adopt permanent daylight saving time—but there’s a major roadblock: federal law. States can choose permanent standard time on their own (like Arizona and Hawaii already do), but they’re currently unable to move to permanent daylight saving time without Congress making a change.
>Daylight saving time first showed up during World War I as an attempt to save fuel and extend working hours by making better use of daylight. It was repealed after the war, reinstated during WWII, repealed again, and then reintroduced in 1966 with the Uniform Time Act—giving us the twice-a-year clock shift we’ve grown used to. The most recent adjustment came in 2005 when daylight saving was extended a bit longer each year.
>Interestingly, studies haven’t provided strong evidence that daylight saving time actually saves energy. A 2008 Energy Department study found only a small (0.02%) drop in energy consumption, and a 2020 study pointed out a possible increase in heart attacks during clock transitions. Despite this mixed evidence, the debate continues—Congress has repeatedly introduced the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving permanent nationwide, but it hasn’t passed yet.
More about DST in the USÂ [here](https://usafacts.org/articles/why-does-daylight-saving-time-exist/)Â if you’re curious.
DST is fine, it’s the time zones that should be angled to adjust for latitude’s effect on sunrise/sunset.
I play too much fantasy football…
I live in Cleveland OH and we have been observing DST for the last 5 years, contrary to what this post shows. Google shows no information about any such bill from 2020, although resolutions have been put forward the past 3 years nothing has actually been acted on.
Edit: I see the disclaimer about fed law on the bottom now, but I’m still not sure the date on the side is accurate at all.
This shit causes heart attacks . It needs to go .
As a software engineer this is my worst nightmare, having various states using different times.
This image is horrible for colorblind people. It looks like all but Arizona and Hawaii are one color – pink. It took me a while to differentiate the pink from the green(?) states.
I’m not sure of the specifics or status, but California voters passed a measure for this too, but I think it’s stuck at the legislation or died out.
And a bunch of Canadian provinces have approved the change if and when the US moves.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/daylight-saving-time-changes-1.7476106
Permanent “standart” time? 😛
Shouldn’t California be on this list as well? We passed Prop 7 in 2018… [https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_7,_Legislative_Power_to_Change_Daylight_Saving_Time_Measure_(2018)](https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_7,_Legislative_Power_to_Change_Daylight_Saving_Time_Measure_(2018))
Curious why can Arizona adopt a specific format but the other states can’t. How did they manage that?
that is stupid and backwards. Noon should be when the sun is highest in the sky (basically). get rid of DST entirely. If people want an “extra hour” of daylight in the summer, they can leave work earlier.
Permanent dst seems really stupid as opposed to standard time
Or you know we could just keep “Standard” time… um… Standard. Stop with the made up DST.
Permanently change the time*
I don’t think people realize the effect going to permanent DST would have. It will be dark until 9 AM in the winter which will have drastic safety effects on kids waiting for school buses and such. Keep it the way it is. Are people really having that drastic of effects from a 1 hour time difference?
Why isn’t California included
Am I the only one that finds the 9pm sunsets weirder than the 5pm sunsets?
I feel like I have a harder time sleeping in the summer because it barely feels like nighttime when I’m off to bed around 10.
I had no clue Oklahoma did. I live in Texas but work in Oklahoma. I wonder how this is going to affect my daily schedule.
As someone who lives in Arizona, I do not miss daylight savings time.
The Minnesota bill in 2021 did not pass the legislature. If you want to show which states have attempted to repeal DST and failed then you can just make the entire country pink. Maybe they didn’t get far enough for you to hear about the attempt but they got just as far as repealimg dst as Minnesota did.
these colours (except the blue) are next to impossible for a colourblind person like myself to see, just an FYI
Permanent DST is my preferred. Waking up to darkness is already a thing for me in December. Sunrise is 7:42am and I start work at 7. Sunset is 4:32pm so it’s getting dark on my way home. I’d be completely okay with sunrise at 8:42 and sunset at 5:32pm.
Standard time in the summer would be bad as well, sunrise would be 4:27am.
Incoming nightmare for software developers 🙂
Oh good, more pointless legislation.
Anyone got a post office that needs renamed?
There are states that have permanent standard time, so what in federal law prevents them from going full daylight time?
Oh no, now people will need to make up a new reason for their lives being miserable.
Important stuff being debated and passed
As always
I’d rather see permanent standard time (CST, in my case.)
The ballot initiative is on for my state (Texas SB64/HB1393) this year and I hope it will actually pass this time but any attempts seem to always end up getting stuck in the state Senate.
Spring forward 2 hours. Burn the ships.
DST is some low hanging fruit the government and it’s doge team could jump on for an easy and popular win. Rest assured they won’t touch it because of this.
I thought California voted to remove the time switch years ago?
This is good news to me as I did not know my opinion on the matter was so popular.
I can’t find anything for my state of Maine suggesting permanent DST.
What happened to that bill a few years ago where they unanimously agreed it was stupid?
The system now is good: late sunsets in warm summer without having to wake up when it’s still dark in the winter (or doing so much less).
Some people would like permanent daylight savings time and some people would like permanent standard time. Can we just meet in the middle and move the clock forward 30 minutes this weekend and just be done with changing the clocks forever?
Ok I’m not understanding something.
The disclaimer says that no state can actually change to permanent DST without change in federal legislation (implying it’s not a matter of state sovereignty) yet Arizona and Hawaii did it with no problem!
So why can Arizona opt out of federal legislation but, say Minnesota can’t make the same change because of federal legislation?
Please baby Jesus, I beg you, make it happen for US & Canada.
We voted yes in California, legislators then just told us “no” and scrapped it.
Um… There’s a bill advancing to stop DST in Utah. This data is BS.
– Utah resident.
Man, fuck DST. It needs to be permanent Standard time. I hate having the sun out at 9-10 at night in the summer. If anything DST should be reversed. have it during winter when we actually need the daylight savings so it can get dark at 6ish instead.
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