9 AM Sunrises in Utah If Permanent Daylight Saving Time Passes

It's that time of year when politicians get our hopes up that the biannual mess with your body's internal clock event will go away. Congress has passed a law that would keep America on the same Time all year.

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The Sunshine Protection Act would do away with Daylight Savings Time so that we would no longer fall back or spring forward. This of course still has to go through the Senate and then get the President's signature.

If that were to actually happen, and it doesn't get caught up in some partisan stall that kills the bill, what would winters in Utah look like? It would keep the beehive state and the rest of the nation at one hour ahead of standard time all year long.

What Winter Mornings in Utah Could Look Like

That means the sun wouldn't come up until just before 9 AM on the latest of winter mornings, 8:52 AM to be exact. That would be kind of weird, but on the positive side, it wouldn't start getting dark when you are still sitting in your office.

People who are against the change point to kids going to school in the dark and possibly harming their ability to learn. I can't imagine dropping an hour of sleep does these students any good either.

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I lived in Arizona while I was in college and I don't remember finding the lack of Daylight Savings Time an inconvenience in any way. In fact, it was the joy of keeping my body in a constant rhythm all year long that has made me detest the practice ever since.