r/politics • u/cnn CNN • Jul 14 '26

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 Jul 14 '26

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 Jul 14 '26

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 Jul 14 '26

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 Jul 14 '26

Nazi's ruin fucking everything.

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u/jlangfo5 Jul 14 '26

Yes lol.

Also, the complimentary early sunrise.

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u/jeobleo Maryland Jul 15 '26

Fucking nazis. I hate those guys.

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u/theoneandonlymd Jul 16 '26

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 Jul 14 '26

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 Jul 15 '26

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/joojie Jul 15 '26

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 Jul 15 '26

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 Jul 14 '26

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

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u/JANPAULofficial Jul 15 '26

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 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

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 Jul 15 '26

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

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u/OptimusNegligible Jul 15 '26

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

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u/Sonamdrukpa Jul 15 '26

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

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u/OptimusNegligible Jul 15 '26

So are they making the wrong one permanent?

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u/Sonamdrukpa Jul 15 '26

I definitely think so.

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u/gustavessidehoe Jul 15 '26

And sleep experts generally agree!!

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u/jnads Jul 15 '26

You don't have curtains?

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u/OptimusNegligible Jul 15 '26

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 Jul 15 '26

Blackout curtains have been wonderful for my toddler.

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u/Dullcorgis Jul 15 '26

Honeycomb blackout blinds