EL PASO, Tx., November 3, 2025: Many readers are waking up this morning a little disoriented because of the time change yesterday. They are not alone. Moving the clocks back an hour or advancing forward an hour disorients people because of disruptions in the circadian rhythm, or our body’s internal clocks. Americans are now back on Standard Time after changing their clocks back one hour yesterday.
Daylight Savings Time was conceived during World War I to conserve power and extend working hours to help America during the war. Although Congress repealed the law after the war, it brought it back during World War II, only to repeal it again after the war.
The practice of changing the clocks twice a year became the standard in 1966 when Congress adopted the Uniform Time Act that formally established the change of clocks. The U.S. Department of Transportation is the official timekeeper for America’s two time zones. Congress adopted the time law to make it easier for interstate commerce to operate on standard clocks across the nation.
The new law formally established the twice a year time change. But it wasn’t until George W. Bush’s Administration in 2005 when he signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 moving the start and end times for Daylight Savings Time when the current issue materialized. The stated reason was to help cut America’s energy costs. Energy has remained the preferred narrative since then.
But power is just the excuse used today because those wanting to keep the time change in place want it because it gets Americans out to the stores and the restaurants to spend more money. Instead of saving money, changing the clocks gets Americans to spend more.
The Economic Interests Behind Switching the Clocks
The reason that Americans must face higher risks of heart attacks or the dangers of more accidents on the roads and at work is because of economic interests. The time change twice a year is unhealthy. It leads to loss of attention and alertness and higher health risks.
Behind the health risks to Americans are business and economic interests. Retailers and the tourism industry including sports venue and team owners want Daylight Savings Time because it provides longer daylight hours encouraging more diners, shoppers and Americans engaging in leisure activities – spending more money.
Although staying on standard time would not only balance energy consumption but it would be healthier for Americans, it would mean less money spent shopping or eating out.
States can choose to stay year-around in standard time but they cannot choose to keep Daylight Savings Time all year under existing law. This is why the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Convenience Stores and other associations such as the golfing industry regularly lobby for Daylight Savings Time even though numerous studies have shown it is unhealthy for Americans.
Today, 48 states choose to adopt Daylight Savings Time, forcing its residents to switch their clocks back and forth each year. Only Arizona and Hawaii have opted to remain on standard time year-round. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law earlier this year a bill that puts Texas on permanent daylight savings time, but the law cannot be adopted until the U.S. Congress empowers states to keep Daylight Savings Time year-around. States wishing to keep to the standard time can opt-out under federal law but cannot choose to stay on Daylight Savings Time. Although Daylight Saving Time is unhealthy to Americans it keeps the American economy humming along.
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