About

This site is an all volunteer hobby project of Scott Yates.

Here is the bio used by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee:

Scott C. Yates is the founder of the #LockTheClock movement to fix Daylight Saving Time.

He was born in Glenwood Springs, Colo., grew up in Colorado and attended the University of Colorado before dropping out, later getting a degree in journalism from New York University. He returned to Colorado and worked as a reporter until he left journalism to found the first of four startups, three of which were acquired. The fourth is a technical standards body that maintains the trust.txt system. He is an inventor with a U.S. Patent, a writer with many journalism awards and one published book, and a longtime startup mentor both informally and with TechStars.

His volunteer work includes leading the effort to bring sanity to our clocks. He also is a volunteer board member with Rebuild Local News, the Credible Web W3C community group, the IPTC, a public television station and a summer camp in the Colorado Rockies.

In addition to his current work with trust.txt, he is a strategic consultant on complex problems.

Here is a picture that my son took:

Here are some of the times that the movement has been seen in the media:

Media Coverage

• The New York Times
  
• National Geographic
  
• The New Yorker
  
• Palm Beach Post
• The Denver Channel
• The Detroit Free Press
• Salon
• BBC Interview
• NBC News
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah   (backstory)
  
• LA Times
• WABC Radio NYC
• CBS Miami
• USA Today
• The Atlantic
  
• Chicago Tribune
• CNN Podcast with Harry Enten
• Lovett or Leave It  (Backstory)
  
• PBS Newshour

Videos

One of the better TV spots I’ve done, properly separating out the two questions:

Testimony of a teenager with epilepsy, cued to the best part:

A 2021 news spot from Nebraska — windswept hair and all:

Zoom-style testimony clip from 2021:

Fun clip recorded during a trip to Berlin:

🚨 Tomorrow we #SpringForward, losing one hour of sleep.
#LockTheClock founder
@scodtt explains why this is not only an inconvenience, but also a health risk. 🚨

Watch below to hear more! ⬇ pic.twitter.com/vloLzW2gNk

— Senator Rubio Press (@SenRubioPress)
March 7, 2020

News story — I confused the reporter, but it was a good segment:

Connecticut testimony clip from 2019:

Classic clip: “Stupid, stupid cows.”

This one is very well done:

…And the sequel — judge for yourself:

Research matters — from 2017, still relevant today:

New Mexico 2017 testimony — almost first in the nation: