Trump Cheers House Passage of Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
Trump celebrates a House-passed measure that would lock the nation on daylight saving time year-round, ending the twice-yearly clock change.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump praised the House of Representatives for passing a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, calling the measure a win for the country. Trump backed the legislation, which would end the twice-a-year clock change.
The bill would fix the nation’s clocks on daylight saving time year-round, eliminating the spring-forward and fall-back ritual that has governed American timekeeping for decades. Trump signaled support by mentioning the source (see justthenews).
Here is the full post on Truth Social: “Great News for America! House passes Trump-supported bill to make daylight savings time permanent: https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-passes-trump-supported-bill-make-daylight-savings-time-permanent” on July 15, 2026 at 6:49 AM ET.
This is the first message released by Trump today. On average, Trump produces roughly 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025.
The stakes reach into nearly every household and business in the country. Supporters say permanent daylight time would deliver more evening light, boost retail and recreation spending, and reduce the disruption tied to shifting clocks. Critics, including some sleep researchers, argue permanent daylight time pushes winter sunrises later and can strain morning routines for schoolchildren and commuters.
The debate over the clock is not new. Congress temporarily instituted year-round daylight saving time during World War II and again in the 1970s energy crisis, when the experiment proved unpopular and lawmakers scaled it back. The Senate previously passed a version of a permanent daylight time bill by unanimous consent, but that measure stalled in the House and never reached a president’s desk.
The practical effect for the average American would be simple and immediate. Households would no longer reset clocks in March and November, and families would gain more daylight during evening hours across much of the year. The tradeoff arrives in winter, when sunrise would come later in many regions.
Has this happened before? This has happened before. The United States adopted permanent daylight saving time in January 1974 during the energy crisis, only to reverse course within months after public complaints about dark winter mornings.
The next decision rests with the Senate, which would need to pass the measure before it could reach Trump’s desk for a signature. A date for a Senate vote has not been announced.
The fight over how Americans keep time has surfaced repeatedly, as happened before. The nation’s railroads first imposed standard time zones on November 18, 1883, to end the chaos of thousands of local times, and Congress later codified the system in the Standard Time Act of 1918. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 set the current framework of springing forward and falling back, though it allowed states to opt out. Arizona and Hawaii chose to stay on standard time, a choice that has held for more than half a century and left both states outside the ritual the House now seeks to end for everyone else.
The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 58 of his 530 posts over the last 30 days focused on domestic policy.
Source: Zenger real-time database of all Truth Social posts.
Note: Chart generated on July 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM ET
Source: Zenger analysis real-time database of all Truth Social posts
Note: Table generated on July 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM ET