Federal DST Bill May Die, Leaving Utah With 8:52 a.m. Winter Sunrises
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Updated · Salt Lake Tribune · Jul 21
Federal DST Bill May Die, Leaving Utah With 8:52 a.m. Winter Sunrises
3 articles · Updated · Salt Lake Tribune · Jul 21
Summary
A federal bill to make daylight saving time permanent appears unlikely to advance, dimming prospects for a nationwide clock change.
In Utah, permanent daylight saving time would push the latest winter sunrise to about 8:52 a.m., while the earliest sunset would land around 5 p.m.
Those shifts highlight the tradeoff at the center of the debate: brighter evenings in winter at the cost of much darker mornings.
The bill’s apparent stall leaves current seasonal clock changes in place for now, keeping sunrise and sunset patterns tied to the existing federal system.