NBC News and the New York Post examine ending Daylight Saving Time

I foreshadowed today's topic in Wall Street Journal and CBC examine ending penny production.

Based on the Canadian experience, ceasing to mint pennies might actually be a good idea. Chalk that up to a stuck clock being right twice a day, and Hoover Cleveland is definitely a stuck clock. The other issue he might be right on? Ending Daylight Saving Time, which will be a subject for next month.

It's time, pun intended, to return to the topic of Daylight Saving Time with NBC News covering the proposal in last December's Donald Trump vows to end daylight saving time.

President-Elect Trump says he'll work to end daylight saving time, arguing it is costly and inconvenient. NBC News' Sam Brock reports.

These are the same arguments against switching the clock in general and Daylight Saving Time in particular since Spring ahead, although it's probably not good for you from March 12, 2017, eight years ago. That was the fifth most read entry during the seventh year of the blog, showing how popular the topic is and how unpopular changing the clock has become.

The New York Post updated the subject this week as the newspaper explained Here's why Trump wants to get rid of Daylight Saving Time.

Will Donald Trump get rid of the clock-changing that comes with Daylight Saving Time?

President Donald Trump has vowed to work with the Republican party to eliminate the daylight savings time, calling it “ inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation” in a December 2025 Truth Social post in the days before he took office.

Proponents of scrapping March and November clock changes have argued that the biannual transitions of “spring forward” and “fall back” disrupt sleeping patterns and negatively affect mental and physical health.

Arizona and Hawaii are the only states that have locked their clocks, following standard time throughout the whole year.

The NY Post included a lot more polling data as well as the history of Daylight Saving Time than NBC News, but it was about as optimistic that "locking the clock" could happen. Since then, Hoover Cleveland himself has tempered expectations, as TODAY reported as it asked Is Daylight Saving Time worth it? Debate rages on.

It’s that time of year again where clocks are springing forward on Sunday as part of Daylight Saving Time — and people are sharing their strong thoughts about the time change. Could the new Trump administration eliminate the twice-yearly practice? NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.

It's not exactly "a 50-50 issue," but it certainly is divided, which Hoover Cleveland has finally realized. It continues my frustration, which I expressed in The pros and cons of permanent Daylight Saving Time: "I just want the twice a year time changing to stop. I'll go with whatever the rest of you decide. Just make a decision!" That doesn't appear to be any closer now than in 2023. Until that happens, spring ahead.

That's my twice-yearly rant, which I skipped last year. Stay tuned for International Women's Day.