(File Photo of a Daylight Savings Time Background with a Spring-Themed Clock “Springing” Forward)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA)  Allegheny County Democratic Representative Joe McAndrew recently proposed making the once-a-year tradition of daylight saving time last an entire year so it can go year-round. McAndrew believes that Pennsylvania should join this idea for a permanent daylight saving time with almost twenty other states. Some of the reasons that McAndrew is advocating for this is because less energy would be consumed, advantages for both safety and health could be seen and an evening that is brighter could be experienced. According to a memo written by McAndrew to colleagues on Tuesday, “Eliminating the spring and fall switch and adopting permanent daylight saving time will help people keep steadier circadian rhythms, reduce the short-term spikes in heart attacks and strokes reported after the clock changes and reduce seasonal mood problems,” In 2025, daylight saving time concludes on November 2nd, 2025 and daylight saving time began on March 9th, 2025. Daylight saving time is a practice that takes place annually in which people are given the traditional reminder to spring their clocks forward in the United States by one hour. The alternative is the autumn conclusion of daylight saving time, in which clocks go back one hour in the United States to fall back during the season of fall.