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Besides schedule stumbles and disrupted sleep habits, experts say the twice-yearly time change ritual can have more serious effects on human health.WASHINGTON — Lunch dates and football games might get a little easier this Sunday, as phones give early risers an extra hour of rest before the alarm goes off. The downside: Next week across most of the United States, the sun will set before many people step foot out of the office, leaving them running errands or taking walks in complete darkness. Come November 5, daylight savings time is over and standard time is in place and will last until March 10. There’s no need to wait until midnight to prepare for the clock change early Sunday, when 2 a.m. becomes 1 a.m. Before bed beckons Saturday night, rewind the clock on your microwave. Waves, ovens, cars or any other device are not yet smart enough to make the leap on their own. Besides scheduling stumbles and disruptions to sleep habits, experts say the twice-a-year ritual can cause more serious impact on human health. MORE TOP STORIES: Where all 50 states agreed to make daylight saving time permanent Dr. Phyllis Zee, a sleep researcher at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, said many Americans are already sleep-deprived and the time change disrupts sleep schedules even more, although she saying that “resting” and sleeping an extra hour is generally easier. on the body than “jump forward” and lose one. Research shows that chronic sleep deprivation can increase levels of stress hormones that increase heart rate and blood pressure as well as inflammatory chemicals. “Just that one hour can change the length of your sleep and the quality of your sleep,” says Zee. Unstable sleep can affect people’s ability to perform multiple tasks, stay alert, and even keep their balance, making them more susceptible to accidents. Molly Hart, a spokeswoman for AAA’s Auto Club Group, warned that the number of road accidents could increase after the time zone change. “With daylight saving time coming to an end, what people really need to focus on is driving in the afternoon when it is darker than before” and when they may feel sleepy, she said. Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time. Some members of Congress have pushed to end back-and-forth and make daylight saving time permanent. The United States Senate in March 2022 passed a bipartisan bill called Sunshine Protection Act, but it stalled in the House. The bill was reintroduced by Sen. Marco Rubio in March of this year, then was referred to committee, where it has yet to be taken up. Savage is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report to America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, November 5 at 2 amDespite more than 50 years of compliance, more than 29 states have pushed to change the practice. Sen. Marco Rubio R-Fla. and Rep. Vern Buchanan R-Fla. regularly reintroduce the Sunlight Protection Act into their respective departments. The bill seeks to make daylight saving time a “new, permanent standard time” and eliminate the need to change clocks every two years. In 2022, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 passed the Senate unanimously, but ultimately failed to pass the House and did not become law. The Senate or House Versions of the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023, both enacted in March, also failed. Congress is the only body that can change daylight savings time observances. Since 2015, at least 45 states have proposed bills to change DST compliance, according to Congressional Research Service.

Besides schedule stumbles and disrupted sleep habits, experts say the twice-yearly time change ritual can have more serious effects on human health.WASHINGTON — Lunch dates and football games might get a little easier this Sunday, as phones give early risers an extra hour of rest before the alarm goes off. The downside: Next week across most of the United States, the sun will set before many people step foot out of the office, leaving them running errands or taking walks in complete darkness. Come November 5, daylight savings time is over and standard time is in place and will last until...

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