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UNCOVERED: Why does daylight saving time exist - The Untold Story

Daylight saving time ends this Sunday, Nov. 6,[1] for most of the US. Except for Arizona and Hawaii, every state in the US will roll clocks back an hour this weekend.

The ritual of changing the clocks twice a year to get more daylight has been in place for more than 50 years. But debates in state legislatures and Congress show that there’s some interest in stopping the process.

At least 45 states have considered or passed legislation to shift to permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time. And this year the Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which would move the US to permanent daylight saving time. But the bill has not received a vote in the House of Representatives.

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