The Dark Side of Daylight Saving

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While making daylight saving time permanent may seem benign, or even beneficial—it would eliminate a time change that polls show a majority of Americans find odious—sleep researchers... generally say that it’s standard time, not daylight saving time, that should become permanent. And polls show that when given a choice, most Americans prefer standard time, too...Experts argue that the status quo—a time change to daylight saving time during spring—results in poorer sleep through the duration of daylight saving time. The time change itself, they say, results in sleep deprivation that triggers more car accidents and more strokes around the time of the change. However, they like permanent daylight saving time even less than a time change, which they say could result in poorer sleep year-round, leading to a variety of health impacts including higher incidence of cancer and mental illness.