Reader Poll: Senate votes to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. How do you feel?

Are you still steamed about losing an hour over the weekend?

If so, there’s good news. The United States could finally be making Daylight Saving Time year round, meaning millions of Americans will no longer have to stress about changing the clock twice a year.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to approve a measure that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent next year, according to The Associated Press.

The change would go begin in November 2023.

The bipartisan bill, called the Sunshine Protection Act, would ensure Americans no longer have to change their clocks twice a year. But the bill still needs approval from the House and the signature of President Joe Biden to become law.

“No more dark afternoons in the winter. No more losing an hour of sleep every spring,” said Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., who sponsored the bill with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

“We want more sunshine during our most productive waking hours. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Americans want more sunshine and less depression — people in this country, all the way from Seattle to Miami, want the Sunshine Protection Act,” she said on the Senate floor after the act passed.

Daylight Saving Time is a period between spring and fall when clocks in most parts of the country are set one hour ahead of Standard Time.

People use the phrase, “Spring forward, fall back” to help remember which way to set their clocks.

This story was originally published March 15, 2022 at 6:16 PM.