Why can't we get rid of daylight saving time?

Time zone expert and author of Spring Forward the Annual Madness of Day Light Saving Time Michael Downing, reckons there are two main reasons we can’t get rid of DST: a romance we have with long summer evenings and special interests. read more

Set your clocks forward an hour for daylight saving time on March 12, 2017 at 2:00 a.m. ET. Diana Yukari/Business Insider Steel yourself: It's nearly time to turn our clocks forward an hour for the start of daylight-saving time (DST). read more

Also, we'll be able to get rid of those annoying television schedules that say"8:30 PM/7:30 Central", since the Eastern time zone will be the same as the Central time zone. read more

Opponents to daylight saving time say that it causes a major disruption to sleep and that the switch is associated with an increase in workplace accidents and other health risks. The Uniform Act of 1966 established daylight saving time throughout the United States, but states can opt out, and two already have: Hawaii and Arizona. read more

Where in the world daylight saving time is used (blue), abolished (orange), and never instituted (red). Paul Eggert/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) Other areas of the world have gotten rid of daylight-saving time, or never had it to begin with. read more