Make Clock Changes "50/50" Again?

We are just 2 weeks removed from Daylight Savings Time as this strategy will resume on March 13, 2022 as majority of the United States as well as certain countries are back on Standard Time for 4 1/2 months. as of March 2021, the uproar of clock changes continue to escalate as majority of America's states are looking into either observe Standard Time or Daylight Savings Time (or DST) on a permanent basis. both of these rules do seem to have both pros and cons, but having independent rules would be damaging as if the states was to choose either rule, the sun will rise a little too early or later. Here is the reason the clock changes exist and why congress should revert back to the old Daylight Savings Time rule from 1955 to 1986 (with exemption of 1974-75).

Daylight Savings Time was introduced in 1918 during World War I as a way for oil and gas industries to save much of their fuel (hence the fuel prices during the spring and summer respectively). this strategy was also used to make sure that soldiers were alert and being prepared to go to war at sunrise. at the time, Daylight Savings Time was then known as "war time". this strategy was also put in place for farmers to have extra daylight to have an overview of their crops and how things are going from the position of sunlight. from 1942 to 1945 during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented the permanent Daylight Savings Time rule as much of the country during this time was observing Daylight Savings Time year-round until September 30, 1945, when the war was done and congress went back to clock changes again because it felt it won't make any sense observing permanent Daylight Savings Time; this was until this year 2021 when the rule was brought up again.

In addition to photos of the sunrise and sunset graphs that calculates clock change placement shown above, here is a rundown on the different clock change rules over the past 108 years:

From 1918 to 1941; and from 1945 to 1954, Daylight Savings Time began on the last Sunday of April and ended of the last Sunday of September, making Daylight Savings Time 6.5 months and Standard time being 8 months.

From 1955 to 1986 (first image above), congress passed a bill that made Daylight Savings Time end one month later as the starting date was left unaffected; this time, the practice began on the last Sunday of April and ended on the last Sunday of October making both clock changes nearly equal as Daylight Savings Time and Standard time were about 6.5 to 7 months apart, depending on where the start and end dates landed.

From 1987 to 2006 (second image above), congress passed another bill that made Daylight Savings Time start several weeks earlier; this time, Daylight Savings Time began on the first Sunday of April while the ending date remains unaffected, which is the last Sunday of October. this rule made Daylight Savings Time 7 months and make Standard time just 5 months. however, congress also has the right to go back to this rule if this current rule isn't panning out the way it should.

Since 2007 (third image above), courtesy of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the congress enacted a rule that made both Daylight Savings Time and Standard time changeover dates affected. under the current rule, Daylight Savings Time now begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November, making Daylight Savings Time taking up most of the year by 8 to nearly 9 months and Standard time is only limited to only 4 1/2 months as the rule poses a huge problem for the environment. there is no evidence that the rule works. believe it or not, this rule also hurts us in a particular way. this rule was to make clock changes "sync" together, but this isn't the case.

Here are reasons why congress should revert back to the older Daylight Savings Time rule from 1955 to 1986:

1. This rule (last Sunday of April until the last Sunday of October) is obviously a better choice because it splits the clock change 50/50.

2. With the older rule, if people enjoy Daylight Savings Time, then people will have 6.5 months to enjoy it until October; the same thing with Standard time if certain people like Standard time, than 6.5 months should be enough for them also.

3. This rule seems more natural compared to the other two. this rule lasted longer than the current and previous clock change rule at 29 years with the exception of 1974-75 where President Nixon enacted an emergency DST rule during the Vietnam War and that rule was a "train wreck". the rule from 1986 to 2007 lasted for 19 years and the current rule since 2007 has been active for only 14 years.

Changing clocks back and forth twice a year is just what life is. we could try to neutralize Daylight Savings Time all we want, but this practice is here to stay and rightfully so, just like Standard time. the reason states like Arizona and Hawaii switched to permanent Standard time is because both states are pretty much hot year-round as Arizona in the fall has no difference in temperatures as they still reached near the 90 degree mark and Hawaii is the same thing as well as their humid year-round. in order for states to come to an agreement in regarding clock changes, maybe we should MAKE CLOCK CHANGES 50/50 AGAIN; bringing back the older rule would be helpful in many ways.