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Under renovation

wpltc3atbonusfeature Jan 29, 2023

Sorry, I have not been posting much. I knew I needed to change the blog over to a new provider, and just made the switch, and of course there have…

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Daylight Saving Time—Fall Back 2022 Meme Collection

scodtt Nov 6, 2022

I wish I could say that my erudite writing and trenchant observations were what brings most people to this site. In reality, it is the goofy jokes, pointed cartoons, snarky…

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New Idea For 2022 to Fix Daylight Saving Time

scodtt Nov 3, 2022

The narrative surrounding the issue of fixing Daylight Saving Time has evolved from being a niche topic, to being a legitimate concern for state and national legislators. That’s great. As…

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Welcome to the DST fight to #LockTheClock, fall 2022

scodtt Nov 3, 2022

After a few days of this blog being down (grrrrrrr) it seems to have been fixed, so welcome! I will use this post just to collect some of the best…

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Answer to the question: “Is this the last year we will Fall Back for Daylight Saving Time?”

scodtt Oct 19, 2022

I have a search set up so that once a day, I get an email with all the stories that mention “Daylight Saving Time” and the last couple of weeks…

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Time to get back to not going back in time

scodtt Oct 10, 2022

I know that headline doesn’t make a ton of sense. In short, it’s my way of saying that it is time for me to get back to work on this…

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Colorado, at long last, moves to fix Daylight Saving Time

scodtt Jun 2, 2022

Spoiler alert? In the excellent movie Everything Everywhere All At Once, there is a great scene that is unlike the rest of the movie, where the noise/music/dialogue/action all stop and…

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Trust the scientists? It’s hard when they are so unscientific regarding Daylight Saving Time on Twitter

scodtt May 5, 2022

When I was a candidate to be U.S. Representative, I personally talked to about two thousand people about fixing Daylight Saving Time. The response was overwhelming: People absolutely want to…

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History and Geography of fixing DST, especially in Tennessee

scodtt May 4, 2022

(During my short-lived campaign to be a U.S. Representative, I got such great response from voters I talked to about my plan to #LockTheClock. I also got a bunch of…

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What To Do Now To Fix Daylight Saving Time Forever

scodtt Mar 17, 2022

I am now a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, which is a thing I just never imagined saying before and I am still getting used to it. The…

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Statement on Daylight Saving Time for the House Energy & Commerce Committee

scodtt Mar 11, 2022

Here is the statement I provided at the request of the staff from the House Energy & Commerce subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce: Thank you for this opportunity to…

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High Fives for fixing Daylight Saving Time

scodtt Mar 11, 2022

Just a quick post to highlight a great story done in the Wall St. Journal. The story is similar to many of the others done this time of year, but…

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Tipping Point to fix Daylight Saving Time for good?

scodtt Mar 6, 2022

It is a big week for those who want to #LockTheClock. It is the week before the change, so we all haven’t been robbed of an hour of sleep and…

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Daylight Saving Time and Ukraine

scodtt Feb 25, 2022

Right off the top, let me say that this is not the most important thing about Putin’s war on Ukraine. I totally understand that. The war is horrifying. I write…

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Lock The Clock is going to a whole new level

scodtt Feb 19, 2022

Close readers of this blog may have been wondering why it has been so quiet of late. Truth is, I’ve just been a bit busy. This has always just been…

#LockTheClock Daylight Saving Time End the Clock Changing

New Idea For 2022 to Fix Daylight Saving Time

scodtt Jan 8, 2022

The narrative surrounding the issue of fixing Daylight Saving Time has evolved from being a niche topic, to being a legitimate concern for state and national legislators. That’s great. As…

#LockTheClock Daylight Saving Time End the Clock Changing

The Truth About the Politico Story

scodtt Nov 10, 2021

One of the all-time great journalism movies is Absence of Malice. The movie is about a reporter played by Sally Field, and a guy who gets falsely accused of being…

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Funny “fall back” DST memes for 2021

scodtt Nov 6, 2021

During most of the year, most of my blog traffic here goes to the home page, the DST legislation page and the research page. But right around the time changes,…

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Behind the Scenes with Jon Lovett and our Shared Quest to Fix Daylight Saving Time

scodtt Nov 6, 2021

I was a reporter for years before I became a startup founder, and so I always try to be as accommodating as I can when reporters contact me, especially if…

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Summertime is done, DST is next. When will clock-changing end?

scodtt Oct 31, 2021

Greetings to my surprisingly large number of readers from Europe! In whatever language you use, you generally refer to the period where the clocks are an hour later as summertime instead…

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ThisClose to Progress on DST in Canada

scodtt Oct 26, 2021

Well, we’ve now had the first state- or province-wide vote on the issue of Daylight Saving Time, and unfortunately the result did not go the way I had hoped as…

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Daylight Saving Time podcast from CNN with Jon Lovett

scodtt Sep 28, 2021

Just a quick post with a really thoughtful and fun podcast from CNN.   </p> <p> </p> If that embedded player doesn’t work, you can find it here. Overall I thought…

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Daylight Saving Time As Distraction, the Global Edition

scodtt Sep 25, 2021

I’ve written before about how I think that politicians have used Daylight Saving Time as a distraction from some other topic. Probably the clearest example was when Nixon ordered a…

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DST: The one issue that can fix them all

scodtt Sep 23, 2021

 The classic movie Bridge Over the River Kwai is now more than 60 years old, so if you haven’t seen it, well, too bad, I’m going to ruin the ending…

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Voting Guide: Daylight Saving Time in Alberta

scodtt Sep 19, 2021

Alberta is not the most famous of the Canadian provinces. It’s probably best known as the home of Calgary, and the 1988 Winter Olympics, which became even more famous because…

#LockTheClock Daylight Saving Time Resolution to End Daylight Saving Time Clock-Changing State Plans

Hey, Nate Glubish, You Can Fix The Clock for the Whole World

scodtt Jul 26, 2021

Dear Nate, I hope you don't mind me calling you that. I know you are a duly elected member of Alberta Legislative Assembly, but you are also Canadian, so my…

#LockTheClock Daylight Saving Time End the Clock Changing Resolution to End Daylight Saving Time Clock-Changing State Plans

Ohio and Daylight Saving Time—Will They Pass The Buckeye?

scodtt May 10, 2021

Close readers of this blog my note that I have not written in a while. Sorry about that. Just busy with my day job and personal life. I’m being prompted…

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Daylight Saving Time Risks and Rewards

scodtt Apr 24, 2021

Recently the United States went through a tricky couple of weeks where use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for Covid-19 was suspended, and then reinstated. The problem? Out of…

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Is Change Coming to European Summertime in 2021?

scodtt Mar 27, 2021

Of all the oddities of Daylight Saving Time, one of the oddest is that the United States shifts the clocks the second Sunday of March, and much of Europe does…

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New Daylight Saving Time Polling Shows Change is Coming

scodtt Mar 18, 2021

Sometimes on this blog I back into the news at a leisurely pace. For this one, well... here’s the story I would have written back when I was a reporter:Supermajority…

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  • Daylight Saving Time discussion with Jon Lovett and Scott Yates
  • Lovett or Leave It
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  • PBS NewsHour
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  • Chicago Tribune
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  • The Atlantic
  • <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/03/can-we-get-rid-daylight-saving-time/618281/" target='_blank'> <img src="https://www.sco.tt/daylight%20saving%20time%20-%20Atlantic.png" width="175" border="none"></a>
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  • USA Today
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  • CBS Miami
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  • WABC Radio NYC
  • <a href="https://wabcradio.com/episode/scott-yates-3-9-21/" target='_blank'> <img src="https://www.sco.tt/WABC-New%20York.png" width="175" border="none"></a>
  • Mar 13, 2021 | View
  • LA Times
  • <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-07/daylight-saving-time-not-worth-saving-man-says" target='_blank'> <img src="https://www.sco.tt/locktheclock-LATimes.png" width="175" border="none"></a>
  • Mar 8, 2020 | View
  • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
  • <a href="http://www.cc.com/video-clips/rmstbt/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-united-swing-states-of-america---arizona-s-daylight-saving-time-opt-out" target='_blank'> <img src="https://www.sco.tt/dst-tds.jpg" width="225" border="none"></a>
  • Jan 28, 2020 | View
  • NBC News
  • <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ditch-switch-call-go-permanent-daylight-saving-time-grows-n1043051" target="_blank"> <img src="https://www.sco.tt/nbc-lock-the-clock.png" width="175" border="none"></a>
  • Aug 18, 2019 | View
  • BBC interview
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  • Salon
  • Mar 9, 2019 | View
  • The Detroit Free Press
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  • Palm Beach Post
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  • The New Yorker
  • <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/can-we-fix-daylight-saving-time-for-good" target='_blank'> <img src="https://www.sco.tt/NewYorker-dst.png" width="175" border="none"></a>
  • Mar 9, 2019 | View
  • National Geographic
  • <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/03/tired-of-daylight-saving-time-these-states-trying-to-end-clock-changes/" target="_blank"> <img src="https://www.sco.tt/nat-geo.png" width="175" border="none"></a>
  • Mar 9, 2019 | View
  • The New York Times
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