If you’re someone who loves summer days because they’re longer, you would not like this potential change.
SAN ANTONIO — Daylight saving time begins soon, when we say goodbye to standard time and hello to a new season.
We spring forward on Sunday, March 9, at 2 a.m.
But what if we eliminated daylight saving time and stuck with standard time year-round, as some Texas lawmakers are once more pushing to do? What would that mean for San Antonio sunrises and sunsets?
For some, the most noticeable difference would in the morning, when our sunrises would occur just after 5:30 a.m. between May and August. Our days would start earlier, in other words, and we would no longer observe sunsets after 8 p.m. in the evenings.
If you’re someone who loves summer days because they’re long and the sun sets later, you might not like this change. Since we already experience standard time between November and March, those days would feel the same as that period does now: Days would continue to feel short in the winter, with sunsets before 6 p.m.
So, in short, if daylight saving time is one day eliminated, we would feel the biggest changes during the first half of the year. It’s really the spring and summer where some wouldn’t enjoy the earlier sunsets with less evening daylight.