With clocks set to “spring” ahead one hour on Sunday, a bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced a bill to make daylight saving time permanent in Ohio and across the country.
In December, Ohio passed a resolution to stay on daylight saving time, keeping what is now the spring to fall time.
Ohio is one of 15 states to do this, trying to apply pressure on congress to make the change, but some states have rejected or are still debating which time they should follow.
“Spring forward” and “fall back” dates back to an act passed by congress in 1966, and while some like the extra hour of sleep in the fall, more people seem to be looking forward to this possibly being the last time they have to adjust their clocks.
“When I worked as a nurse for 12 hours a day I’d feel like a mole or something coming and going in the dark. I never got outside in the daylight,” said Peggy Menker, who lives in Troy.
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Although, Larry Menker, who said he rides his bike with a group of friends in the evening, looks forward to having extra light in the evening.
“It gives us a chance, even starting a 6 o’clock, we go out and do a 30 or 35 mile ride and we still have plenty of time to get back before it’s dark,” said Menker.
Despite mixed opinions from people on whether or not daylight saving time should leave or stay, the decision is ultimately up to the federal government.
Cox Media Group
