Studies on the harmful impacts of Daylight Saving Time
- DST clock changing causes heart attacks go up:
(New England Journal of Medicine. Also, Sleep Medicine Journal, and others.) - Clock changing kills pedestrians:
(Rutgers, Journal of Accident Analysis & Prevention, and the Journal of Public Health) - Fears of danger to rural children are false:
(American Journal of Public Health) - Deaths from traffic accidents go up:
(University of Colorado. Also, New England Journal of Medicine.) - Staying in DST will improve traffic safety in the winter months, and there is no increased risk to students waiting for school buses:
(Journal of Safety Research.) - Staying in DST year-round will saves energy:
(U.S. Department of Energy.) - Clock-changing increases suicides:
(Journal of Sleep and Biological Rhythms.) - More daylight in winter afternoons will help fight childhood obesity:
(Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity and Journal of Physical Activity and Health.) - Students are sleepier in school after DST clock changes:
(Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.) - Clock-changing hurts productivity and increases workplace accidents:
(Journal of Applied Psychology.) - Fixing DST will help decrease pollution:
(Journal of the Air & Waste Management Assn. and Steve Spangler Science.) - Clock-changing harms relationships:
(Wall St. Journal, citing several studies.) - Stock markets do worse on the Mondays after clock-changing for DST:
(York University, Journal of Pension Management.) - Afternoon darkness in the winter increases crime:
(Review of Economics and Statistics.)
Books about Daylight Saving Time
Seize the Daylight, The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time, by David Prerau
Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time
Book by Michael Downing
Government links
US Department of Transportation
Federal Law
- Complete U.S. Code on “Standard Time”
- See especially, Advancement of Time, which makes it clear that state laws are “superseded.”
Twitter Accounts following DST issues
- Notification of all the time changes around the world
- Time Zone Report, following legislative changes
- Scott Yates, I cover DST and other stuff
Other websites about Daylight Saving Time