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

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

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July 16th, 2026

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

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bill.

美國眾議院投票通過了一項法案

The bill makes daylight saving time permanent.

這項法案夏令時間變成永久

Many members voted for it.

很多議員投票支持

The Senate must still pass the bill.

參議院還需要通過這項法案

Then it can become law.

然後才能成為法律

President Donald Trump said he supports it.

唐納·川普總統支持

The bill would stop changing clocks twice a year.

這項法案會停止一年調兩次時鐘。

That happens in spring and fall.

發生在春天和秋天

An AP-NORC poll last year found a result.

去年AP-NORC的一項民調發現了一個結果

Only 12% of American adults liked the current system.

只有12%的美國成年人喜歡目前的系統

Almost half of them did not like it.

幾乎一半的人不喜歡

Some groups want one time all year.

有些團體希望全年只有一個時間

These groups include the American Medical Association.

這些團體包括美國醫學會

They also include the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

它們也包括美國睡眠醫學會

America tried permanent daylight saving time before.

美國以前試過永久日光節約時間

That was in the 1970s.

是在1970年代

Congress passed a law in 1973.

國會在1973年通過了一項法律

The trial was from January 1974 to April 1975.

試驗從1974年1月到1975年4月

But it lasted only until October 1974.

它只持續到1974年10月

People were very unhappy.

人們非常不開心

So the law was ended.

所以法律被終止了

A big worry was about schoolchildren.

一個很大的擔心是關於學童

They would have to go to school in the dark.

他們必須在黑暗中上學

Kevin Birth is a professor at Queens College.

凱文·伯斯皇后學院的教授。

He remembers the experience well.

清楚記得那次經驗

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

他說上學時間一片漆黑」。

Birth said clocks are not the only thing to change.

伯斯說要改變的不只是時鐘

The U.S. has four time zones now.

美國現在四個時區

Sunrise times are very different in each zone.

每個時區的日出時間很不一樣

So the zones would need changes.

所以這些時區需要調整

July 16th, 2026

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