The Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act (Pub. L. 93–182, enacted December 15, 1973) is a law that made Daylight Saving Time effective year-round for a two-year trial period.[1]
This trial period was intended to begin on January 6, 1974, and ended on April 7, 1975, but lawmakers ended the experiment early on October 27, 1974, and did not make the change permanent[2] due to concerns about darkness on winter mornings.[3]
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- ^ Staggers, Harley (November 7, 1973). "H.R.11324 - An Act to provide for daylight saving time on a year-round basis for a two-year trial period, and to require the Federal Communications Commission to permit certain daytime broadcast stations to operate before local sunrise". www.congress.gov. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ Steade, Susan (October 30, 2016). "The year Daylight Saving Time went too far". San Jose Mercury News.
- ^ Ripley, Anthony (October 1, 1974). "Senate Votes Return to Standard Time For Four Months and Sends Bill to Ford". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
