There is a hefty amount of scientific research explaining why the time change is harmful to our body, sleep, and mental health.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said they want to target the practice as the leaders of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.

President-elect Donald Trump wants to bring an end to Daylight Saving Time. New statements tonight from President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump. NBC News White House Correspondent Mike Memoli has the latest.

The plan, if approved by Congress, would mean sunrises as early as 4:32 a.m. in the summer, and sunsets no later than 8:30 p.m.

Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” the president-elect wrote, criticizing the century-old practice of shifting clocks twice per year.

While the trial proved popular at first, approval ratings dropped by 1974, with one of the main complaints being the lack of sunlight on winter mornings, according to the Smithsonian Magazine. In October of that year, President Gerald Ford signed a bill that ended permanent daylight saving time, cutting the trial period short.

If the goal were simply to maximize sleep and physical well-being, we’d all be on our own solar time — with the sun overhead at noon. But that would be chaos.