Trump wants to make daylight saving time permanent – but some fear the move would be a nightmare

One of the most intractable, contentious and niche issues in US politics has come back into the spotlight. This week, the US House of Representatives voted to make daylight saving time permanent in the United States. The Sunshine Protection Act, which the House approved by a bipartisan vote of 308–117, would implement year-round daylight saving time nationwide. This would effectively extend the current eight-month period of daylight saving to cover the four winter months, in which standard time…