President Trump wants to do away with Daylight Saving Time, Connecticut wants to keep it
The president says Daylight Saving Time is too expensive for our country and annoying.
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With less than two weeks before we set our clocks ahead one hour, President Donald Trump says he wants to do away with Daylight Saving Time.
But it's not so easy. The president says Daylight Saving Time is too expensive for our country and annoying. That's got several states taking another look at it.
Connecticut lawmakers started the clock to keep daylight saving time permanently back in 2018. Connecticut is one of seven states that wants to do that. Daylight Saving Time started as a wartime measure during World War I to conserve energy by adding extra daylight hours in the evening, reducing the need for artificial lighting.
Polls have shown Americans prefer permanent daylight saving time. Supporters say it increases outdoor activity and saves energy. But some experts say the time changes twice a year interrupts people's sleep rhythm.
State lawmakers say changes take time and are complicated.
"If we change it here, but New York doesn't change it or Massachusetts doesn't change it or Rhode Island doesn't change it, and we have commuters who go in and out of the city all the time, it's going to create a little bit of chaos," says state Sen. Bob Duff.
Congress would have the final say. Only time will tell.
Only Arizona and Hawaii have done away with the time change, choosing to observe standard time year-round.
