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How permanent Daylight Saving Time could impact you 37%
By Abby Haymond0%
7/17/2026, 3:19:28 AM
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
(WBRC) - The U.S.
House has passed the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-yearly practice of changing clocks.
Alabama has already passed state legislation to make the switch if Congress acts.
Under current law, clocks move forward in March and back in November.
Permanent daylight saving time would eliminate both changes.
The trade-off is more light in the evening and less in the morning.
For Alabama, staying on daylight saving time year-round would mean winter sunrises closer to 8 a.m., after many commuters are already on the road and students are heading to school.
Winter sunsets, which currently fall around 4:45 p.m., would shift to nearly 6 p.m., adding roughly an hour of evening daylight.
WBRC First Alert Chief Meteorologist Wes Wyatt noted the seasonal shift already underway.
“As we go through each season, we lose daylight, we gain daylight,” Wyatt said.
“In fact, we’ve lost about 13 minutes of daylight since the start of summer.
The days are getting shorter and we’re heading towards a winter season.”
Alabama Sen.
Tommy Tuberville has supported the measure for years, citing constituent demand and the impact on children’s outdoor time.
“We have to get our kids back involved in outside activities.
You can’t do that for four, five, six months because it’s dark when they get home already,” Tuberville said.
“One of the top things I hear from people back in Alabama, ‘when are we going to keep the clock the same?’
Lock the clock,” he said.
Not all lawmakers support the bill.
Several senators on both sides of the aisle have voted against it, citing concerns about dark winter mornings, safety for early commuters, and potential health impacts of waking up before sunrise for extended periods.
The bill is now before the Senate.
If it passes and is signed by President Trump, it would take effect Nov. 1, the date clocks would normally fall back.
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