If you back Trump
He has said he wants this. In April 2025 he posted that Congress should “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day.” So back his call.
No. 1 · Est. 2026
Trump Time
Give him the name. Give us the daylight.
The clocks fell back. Your evening went with them.
The Deal
Red states, blue states, everybody hates changing the clocks.
If you don’t
Call it a cheap compromise. He gets a name on it and we get the sunshine. Nobody has to like the man to like the deal.
Either way
The clocks stop switching twice a year, and evenings stay light longer all year round.
One nation, one time.
See your sunset
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Why daylight time?
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Changing the clocks hurts people.
Fatal crashes jump about 6% in the workweek after we spring forward, roughly 28 extra deaths a year.1 Finnish hospitals saw about 8% more strokes in the first two days.2 A Michigan study found heart attacks up 34% from the week before the change to the week after.3
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Evening light saves pedestrians.
One study of federal crash data estimates that year-round daylight time would prevent about 171 pedestrian deaths a year.4 That’s about 13% of pedestrian deaths in the morning and evening hours it looked at. Darkness is a big part of why: a study of fatal crashes around clock changes found pedestrian crashes were the most sensitive to light, in some cases showing up to seven times more risk at night than in daytime.5
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Evening light cuts street crime.
Robberies run about 7% lower when evenings stay light, according to police records from 558 jurisdictions.6 In the evening hour that gained daylight, the drop was 27%.6
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It’s bipartisan.
The House passed it 308 to 117 on July 14, 2026, with 193 Republicans and 114 Democrats voting yes.7 The Senate bill, S. 29, has 10 Republican and 8 Democratic cosponsors.8 And 19 states have already passed laws to switch as soon as Congress allows it.9
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Trump wants it.
On October 26, 2026, he posted this on Truth Social:10
“The United States Senate is letting the Daylight Saving Bill die, when a vast Majority of the Country want it. Most people are demanding light in the evening, but ALL want not to change their clocks anymore. TAKE A VOTE!”
The Bill
The Sunshine Protection Act ends the twice-a-year clock change by making daylight saving time permanent. States that stay on standard time now, like Hawaii and most of Arizona, can keep doing that.
Where it stands
- 2022 The Senate passes an earlier version by unanimous consent. The House never votes on it.
- July 14, 2026 The House passes H.R. 139, 308 to 117. Both parties vote yes.
- July 15, 2026 It goes to the Senate Commerce Committee.
- Today It’s still there. The Senate hasn’t voted.
Senators backing S. 29, the Senate version
Rick Scott of Florida wrote it. Eighteen more senators have signed on, ten Republicans and eight Democrats.
Republicans
- Tommy Tuberville, AL
- Bill Hagerty, TN
- Cynthia Lummis, WY
- James Lankford, OK
- Rand Paul, KY
- Marsha Blackburn, TN
- Cindy Hyde-Smith, MS
- Katie Britt, AL
- Ashley Moody, FL
- Tim Scott, SC
Democrats
- Patty Murray, WA
- Ron Wyden, OR
- Ed Markey, MA
- Sheldon Whitehouse, RI
- Martin Heinrich, NM
- Alex Padilla, CA
- Brian Schatz, HI
- Tina Smith, MN
19 states have already passed laws for year-round daylight saving time. They’re waiting on Congress to allow it.
Call Congress
The House already passed it. The Senate is the last stop, so that’s where your call counts. It takes about two minutes.
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Find your two senators
Pick your state on the official Senate page.
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Call the Capitol switchboard
Ask for your senator’s office. A staffer will pick up and note your call.
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Say this
Fill in your name and town. That’s the whole call.
Hello, my name is [your name] and I’m a constituent from [your town]. I’m calling to ask Senator [last name] to support the Sunshine Protection Act, H.R. 139. The House passed it 308 to 117. Please bring it to a Senate vote so we can stop changing the clocks. Thank you for your time.
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Or send an email
Most senators have a contact form on their own website. Paste this in, and put your details in the brackets.
Subject: Please bring the Sunshine Protection Act to a vote Dear Senator [last name], I’m writing from [your town] to ask you to support the Sunshine Protection Act (H.R. 139) and help bring it to a vote in the Senate. The House passed it 308 to 117 in July, with votes from both parties. It has been sitting in the Senate Commerce Committee ever since. A lot of us are tired of changing our clocks twice a year, and permanent daylight saving time would give us light in the evening all year. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, [your name] [your town, state]
Your representative already voted. Find them at house.gov and say thanks if they voted yes.
FAQ
What is Trump Time?
It’s year-round daylight saving time, which is what the Sunshine Protection Act would make law. The clocks stay on summer time all year. The nickname is ours.
Is this an official Trump site?
No. Not affiliated with Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, or any political campaign. We borrowed the name because he has said he wants this too.
Will my clocks still change?
No. When the law takes effect, you move them ahead one last time and then leave them alone. No more spring forward, no more fall back.
What about dark winter mornings?
They get darker. We won’t pretend otherwise. Here’s the shortest day of the year, December 21, in three cities.
| City | Sunrise now | Sunrise on Trump Time | Sunset on Trump Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington, DC | 7:23 am | 8:23 am | 5:49 pm |
| Chicago | 7:14 am | 8:14 am | 5:22 pm |
| Los Angeles | 6:54 am | 7:54 am | 5:47 pm |
Times from timeanddate.com for Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles, with one hour added for Trump Time.
Schools can adjust. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the group that wants permanent standard time, has also called for middle and high schools to start at 8:30 am or later.
Sleep doctors say standard time is healthier. Who’s right?
The harm they measured comes from switching. The extra crashes, strokes and heart attacks showed up in the days right after the clocks move (see Why). Permanent daylight time ends the switching, same as permanent standard time does.
Their own star study is a computer model, and it says permanent daylight time beats switching. In 2025, Zeitzer and Weed modeled the body clock in PNAS “under idealized light exposure conditions.” Switching, they found, “produces a greater burden on the circadian system as compared to either” permanent option. The two permanent options come out close. Compared with switching, stroke prevalence falls 0.09% under standard time (range 0.04 to 0.14) and 0.07% under daylight time (range 0.04 to 0.09). The ranges overlap. Two letters published in PNAS in 2026 challenge how the study measures harm, one from Erren and colleagues and one from Martín-Olalla and Mira.
People on foot are far more at risk in the dark. Sullivan and Flannagan compared fatal crashes across clock changes and found that pedestrian crashes were the most sensitive to light, “in some cases showing up to seven times more risk at night over daytime.” An earlier study put a number on year-round daylight time: about 171 fewer pedestrian deaths a year (Coate and Markowitz).
Light evenings cut crime. When daylight time began, robberies fell 7% over the whole day and 27% in the hour that gained light, according to economists Doleac and Sanders in a Brookings summary.
Where we agree. Sleep doctors know body clocks, and we are not arguing with that. Their case leaves out what happens on the street after dark. On the biggest point, stop switching the clocks, we are with them.
Didn’t we try this in 1974?
Yes. Congress put the country on year-round daylight time on January 6, 1974, during the oil crisis. In December 1973, 79% of Americans in a University of Chicago survey backed it. By February 1974 that was down to 42%, as the dark mornings arrived. In October 1974, Congress voted to end it. (Newsweek)
The school-children story has two sides. The National Safety Council counted 20 child pedestrian and bicycle deaths on the way to school in January 1974, against 19 in January 1973, and said morning darkness had little effect. It also reported that ten states saw more school-age deaths, with Florida up the most, by five. (National Safety Council study, 1974)
What about Arizona and Hawaii?
They stay on standard time all year now, and they’re the only states that do. The bill lets states that have opted out of daylight time keep their standard time. Nothing changes for them.
Where does the bill stand?
The House passed it on July 14, 2026. It has sat in the Senate Commerce Committee since July 15, 2026. The Senate hasn’t voted. (House roll call) (All actions on H.R. 139)
Do people actually want this?
Most want the clock changes gone. An AP-NORC poll in October 2025 found “Half of both Democrats and Republicans oppose the current system of changing the clocks twice per year.”
People split on which time to keep. In the same poll, 56% wanted year-round daylight time and 42% wanted year-round standard time. (AP-NORC)
What can I do?
Call your senators. The Call Congress section has the official links.
