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The '''Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act''' ({{USStatute|93|182|||1973|12|15}}) is a law that made [[Daylight Saving Time]] effective year-round for a two-year trial period.[{{Cite web |last = Staggers |first = Harley |date = November 7, 1973 |title = H.R.11324 - An Act to provide for daylight saving time on a year-round basis for a] two-year trial period, and to require the Federal Communications Commission to permit certain daytime broadcast stations to operate before local sunrise |url = https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/11324 |access-date = March 15, 2022 |website = www.congress.gov }} |
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The '''Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act''' ({{USStatute|93|182|||1973|12|15}}) is a law that made [[Daylight Saving Time]] effective year-round for a two-year trial period.[{{Cite web |last = Staggers |first = Harley |date = November 7, 1973 |title = H.R.11324 - An Act to provide for daylight saving time on a year-round basis for a trial period, and to require the Federal Communications Commission to permit certain daytime broadcast stations to operate before local sunrise |url = https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/11324 |access-date = March 15, 2022 |website = www.congress.gov }}] |
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This trial period was intended to begin on January 6, 1974, and end on April 7, 1975, but lawmakers ended the experiment early on October 27, 1974, and did not make the change permanent[{{cite web |title = The year Daylight Saving Time went too far |date = October 30, 2016 |work = San Jose Mercury News |first = Susan |last = Steade |url = https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/30/the-year-daylight-saving-time-went-too-far/ }}] due to concerns about darkness on winter mornings.[{{Cite news |last = Ripley |first = Anthony |date = October 1, 1974 |title = Senate Votes Return to Standard Time For Four Months and Sends Bill to Ford |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/01/archives/senate-votes-return-to-standard-time-for-four-months-and-sends-bill.html?fbclid=IwAR33jixHqlknqxSoyHKQRH5N3-tif6Kf0CjO3XuYiz_AIdcaNfTQukRcbcw |access-date = March 15, 2022 |work = [[The New York Times]] |language = en-US }}] |
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This trial period was intended to begin on January 6, 1974, and end on April 7, 1975, but lawmakers ended the experiment early on October 27, 1974, and did not make the change permanent[{{cite web |title = The year Daylight Saving Time went too far |date = October 30, 2016 |work = San Jose Mercury News |first = Susan |last = Steade |url = https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/30/the-year-daylight-saving-time-went-too-far/ }}] due to concerns about darkness on winter mornings.[{{Cite news |last = Ripley |first = Anthony |date = October 1, 1974 |title = Senate Votes Return to Standard Time For Four Months and Sends Bill to Ford |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/01/archives/senate-votes-return-to-standard-time-for-four-months-and-sends-bill.html?fbclid=IwAR33jixHqlknqxSoyHKQRH5N3-tif6Kf0CjO3XuYiz_AIdcaNfTQukRcbcw |access-date = March 15, 2022 |work = [[The New York Times]] |language = en-US }}] |
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