Did you know the U.S. already made daylight saving time permanent once? It didn’t stick.
EXPERT OPINION BY BILL MURPHY JR., FOUNDER OF UNDERSTANDABLY AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, INC. @BILLMURPHYJR
Tell me if this story sounds familiar: A New York City real estate developer ran for office as a Republican, got elected, and did things that profoundly affect every American today. Only his name wasn’t Donald Trump.
But, here we are, fully 107 years later, and despite some starts and stops we’re still following Calder’s clock rules, and despite that a majority of Americans think we should just pick one system – permanent daylight savings time seems to be the most popular idea – and stick with it.
Instead, I’m talking about William M. Calder. To be fair, Trump does come into this story eventually, but not until much later.
Calder starts it out, because it was he who represented New York state in the U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1923, and who championed the idea of adopting daylight savings time in the U.S.
The latest installment of our twice-a-year ritual – spring ahead, fall back – is today. Clocks moved ahead from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Read on at Inc.com
