As in each year, the United States authorities will implement the Summer schedule, also known as DTS for the phrase “Daylight Saving Time” in English, which is established with the intention of saving energy; So, both the sunrise like him sunset They happen an hour later than usual.
Summer schedule is looking for leverage The use of natural light during the weeks where the day lasts more hours, so many activities are benefited due to the increase in sunlight, generating a great impact on the lives of citizens in the United States, who suffer a change in their daily dynamics.
Although the vast majority of states made the decision to adopt DTS, some US regions decided not to participate in the change of schedule during the summer, such as: for example: Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa American, Arizonathe Mariana Islands of the North and the Virgin Islands of the United States.
According to US authorities, the reasons why these territories remain outside the DTS system are mainly related to “their characteristics Geographical and climatic“, since changing schedule could generate various inconveniences; except for Arizona, which simply rejected change.
Official date of the summer schedule change
The summer schedule in the United States of 2025 will begin next Sunday, March 9 At 2:00 hours, so the vast majority of residents in the US territory will have to advance their watches for an hour, to mark the 3:00 hoursmarking the official beginning of “Daylight Saving Time” (DTS).
On this occasion, the change of summer schedule will be made automatically in most digital devices; while, in the case of watches Analogusers will have to adjust them manually and remember that the DTS will be killed until next Sunday, November 2when the time goes back.
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The authorities in the United States are aware that computerslike Telephones and watches Intéligentwill change automatically; However, to avoid any type of confusion with the change in analog watches, it is recommended to adjust before bedtime on Saturday, March 8.
However, despite the fact that most states make schedule in summer, the concept of DTS is in a moment controversial and full of controversiesmainly because in March 2022 he appeared at the Senate American a proposal that seeks to keep it in a way permanent.
The proposal entitled “SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT“It plans to eliminate schedule changes in March and November, because a large part of the Senate in the USA. Consider that the practice is”obsolete And harmful to health, “since schedule settings are simply” an inconvenience in time management. “
Although the project was presented almost three years ago, its implementation still faces legislative challenges and has not been definitively adopted throughout the US territory, taking into account that Arizona argues that the change of schedule “alters sleep patterns and interrupts the routines of the population “.