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The US tried permanent daylight saving time before. It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?

The US tried permanent daylight saving time before. It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?

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July 16th, 2026

The US tried permanent daylight saving time before. It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill making daylight saving time permanent.

美国众议院以压倒性多数投票通过了一项法案将夏令时永久化

The Senate must still pass it before it can become law.

参议院仍需通过该法案它才能成为法律

President Donald Trump has indicated support.

唐纳德·特朗普总统已表示支持

The bill would end the twice-yearly clock change in spring and fall.

该法案将结束每年春季和秋季两次调整时钟的做法。

An AP-NORC poll last year found only 12% of American adults favored the current system.

去年一项AP-NORC民调发现只有12%美国成年人支持现行制度

Almost half opposed it.

近半数人反对

Proponents of a single time include the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

单一时间的支持者包括美国医学会美国睡眠医学学会

America tried permanent daylight saving time before, in the 1970s.

美国在1970年代曾尝试过永久夏令时

Congress passed a law in 1973 for a trial from January 1974 to April 1975.

国会在1973年通过了一项法律试行期从1974年1月到1975年4月

It lasted only until October 1974, when public outcry led to its repeal.

该试行仅持续到1974年10月公众的强烈抗议导致其被废除

A major concern was that schoolchildren would have to go to school in darkness.

一个主要担忧学童将不得不在黑暗中上学。

Kevin Birth, a professor at Queens College, remembers the experience vividly.

皇后学院的教授凯文·伯斯对那次经历记忆犹新

He said it was "pitch black" into the school day.

他说上学时天还是“漆黑一片”

Birth said more than just clocks must change if the U.S. tries again.

伯斯表示如果美国再次尝试需要改变的不仅仅是时钟

The current four time zones would need adaptation, as sunrise times vary greatly within each zone.

现有的四个时区需要调整因为每个时区内的日出时间差异很大

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