A casket company is trying to save lives. How? Bury Daylight Saving time change permanently

Daylight Saving Time is this weekend, and health is a major U.S. concern that is overlooked when we fall back and spring forward for the DST time change.

Hospitals see a 24% increase in heart attacks (British Medical Journal) and a 6% increase in fatal crashes (Current Biology) each year when we hit the time change, according to a press release by Titan Casket company.

Daylight Saving 2024 time change: We spring forward soon. When clocks move for DST

Titan Casket and Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort have teamed up to save lives with a satirical commercial starring David Dastmalchian that pokes fun at DST. A website − BuryDaylightSavings.com − provides a place for Americans to find the email addresses of their local legislators and send them an email about ending Daylight Saving Time.

In the words of Dastmalchian, "Life. We're playing the long game here. What are you going to do? Not die?"

Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort, Titan Casket commercial featuring David Dastmalchain

When does the Daylight Saving time change 2024 occur in U.S.?

Participating states turn clocks forward an hour on the second Sunday in March during the spring. Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday of November in the fall of each year and that's when states turn clocks back an hour.

When does time change spring forward for DST 2024?

In the U.S., clocks will officially spring forward at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10, 2024.

Do I gain or lose an hour of sleep for Daylight Savings Time at 2 a.m. March 10, 2024?

We lose an hour of sleep when the clocks "spring forward" and are turned ahead at 2 a.m. for one hour when Daylight Saving Time begins.

Why does Daylight Saving Time change at 2 a.m.?

In an interview with Time Magazine, author Michael Downing cited his book, "Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time," to explain how Amtrak and the railroads were the main reason clocks change at 2 a.m. for DST.

There were no trains leaving the station at 2 a.m. on Sundays in New York City when Daylight Saving Time was established.

"Sunday morning at 2 a.m. was when they would interrupt the least amount of train travel around the country,” Downing said.

When does Daylight Savings 2024's time change fall back?

Clocks fall back on Sunday, Nov. 3 in 2024.

When does Daylight Saving Time end permanently?

Despite the Sunshine Protection Act being unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate in 2022, there is no permanent end in sight.

The bill was not signed into law by the U.S. House of Representatives, citing other priorities that needed to be addressed before tackling DST, according to The Hill. Thus, the bill has not been signed into law by President Joe Biden.

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) told The Hill in July that efforts to find a consensus for Daylight Saving Time continue to fall flat with an emphasis on geographical issues rather than political party lines.

"The problem is that a lot of people say to me, ‘Oh, we should just have, you know, we shouldn’t switch back and forth, we should just have standard or daylight saving,’ but then they disagree over which one to enact," Pallone told The Hill.

"And so that’s the problem. We need a consensus that if we’re gonna have one time, what is it? And I haven’t been able to get a consensus on that."

A 2023 version of the Sunshine Protection Act sat idle in the House of Representatives for the entire year.

Which U.S. states don't change clocks for Daylight Saving Time?

As of July 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation noted that only Hawaii and parts of Arizona do not participate in daylight saving time. The Navajo Nation is the lone exception in Arizona.

The territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands also do not participate.

According to the website, states may exempt themselves from observing daylight saving time by state law in accordance with the Uniform Time Act, as amended.

Chris Sims is a digital content producer for Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.

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