Wally Wingert

ALT San Antonio Express–News Opinion Letters to the Editor Once we fall back, let’s remain on standard time Oct 25, 2026 Stay on standard time Daylight saving time has had a rocky history in the U.S. Introduced during World War I to help the war efforts on the home front, it was repealed in 1918 because it was unpopular. Again during World War II, year-round daylight saving time was enacted to bolster the war effort. At the end of the war, the country reverted to a partial year of standard time and a partial year of daylight saving time. The biannual time changes were unpopular, so Congress mandated year-round daylight saving time in 1974. It was repealed in 1975 — again because it was widely unpopular. Yet, here again, Congress is mulling a bill to mandate daylight saving time year-round. I am not a supporter of springing ahead and falling back every year, but it makes much more sense to maintain standard time year-round. Whenever we humans try to improve on the cycles of…