Daylight Saving Time

With the end of Daylight Saving Time approaching, here's why it will feel different in Washington State in 2025.

If you’re feeling extra tired Monday, after Sunday’s time change, you’re not alone.  Oregon Health and Science University Sleep Specialist Dr. Andrew McHill said not only did everyone across the Northwest lose an hour of sleep, we’re also forcing our internal body clock to artificially adjust, and that can lead to significant health and safety issues on Monday.   "It’s the day you’re mor... R

As we prepare to “spring forward” this weekend, a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate looks to stop the twice-yearly time change.  Oregon’s Ron Wyden recently reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act, which would keep Daylight Saving Time year-round.  But fellow Oregon Democra...

Washington is one step closer to implementing year-round daylight saving time.  The state Senate voted in favor of House Bill 1196 Tuesday evening, 46-2.  The legislation now returns to the House for final approval before heading to Governor Jay Inslee for his signature.   “...

Oregon Governor Kate Brown endorsed a growing movement to make daylight savings time permanent.  When asked if she was in favor of a proposal to abolish the yearly time shift, the Democrat told reporters on Thursday: “Hell yes!”   “I think everyone’s done with the time change,” she added.   Washington and California are ...

On Tuesday, the Washington state Senate approved legislation, with nearly unanimous bipartisan support, allowing voters to ask Congress to keep our state on daylight saving time forever.  Sunnyside senator Jim Honeyford said the switch between daylight and standard times not only does not help the farming community, it hurts Washingtonians as a whole.  ...

Idahoans will continue springing ahead and falling back.  A proposal to exempt Idaho from daylight saving time failed 55-15 on Friday in the House.   Republican Rep. Christy Zito sponsored the bill on the House floor and says it can cause problems for businesses, ranchers and farmers.  She als...

Jim Honeyford is once again proposing legislation that would eliminate the biannual change of clocks for the state of Washington.  Two years ago, the Sunnyside Republican proposed legislation that would keep the Evergreen State on Standard Time year round.  Th...

Daylight Savings is this weekend and while you might have heard at one point that it was done for agriculture, that is a myth.   Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Kathryn Walker said when the idea was originally proposed, many farm groups were against it, but most probably welcome it now.   “...