Why do we have daylight saving time? Benjamin Franklin is credited with proposing daylight saving time during the 18th century, per The New York Times. Franklin felt he was wastin

Despite sleep experts -- and the president -- wanting to eliminate time changes, daylight saving time is about to begin again.

Americans most commonly said they’d prefer keeping standard time the whole year (48%), even if it meant losing sunlight in the summertime. The American Medical Association and American Academy of Sleep Medicine agrees and says sticking with standard time year-round aligns better with the sun — and human biology — for more consistent sleep.

Trump wants to end the switch, and hundreds of time-change bills have been introduced in legislatures across the country, but the clock ritual is likely to endure.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) takes place each year on the second Sunday of March until the first Sunday in November. While we “spring forward” in March, in November, the clocks “fall back” and we gain an extra hour of sleep overnight.

Daylight saving time is the period between the second Sunday of March and the first Sunday of November when clocks for most states in the U.S. shift back for one hour.

Could time be up for the twice-yearly clock switches?

Meanwhile, nearly two dozen states have been trying to make daylight saving time permanent. Florida became the first state to enact legislation to permanently observe it in 2018, though the measure has yet to receive Congressional approval. So, are there any bills in the works to make daylight saving time permanent in Wisconsin?

You'll lose an hour of sleep on March 9, 2025 when we push the clock one hour forward. Daylight Saving starts at 2 a.m. on Sunday when clocks are turned forward one hour to 3 a.m. local daylight time instead. It will end Sunday, Nov. 2.