Spring forward’ this weekend. It’s almost time for daylight saving time. Despite efforts to permanently end Daylight Saving Time in Florida and bey

Congress passed the Uniform Time Act in 1966 that set up the biannual time change, and lobbying efforts by the golf industry are largely credited for Congress expanding daylight saving time by a month in the mid-1980s.

Clocks had to "spring forward" one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2025, causing most people to lose an hour of sleep. We won't "fall back" to standard time again until Nov. 2, the first Sunday of November, when Americans fiddle with their clocks again.

Scuffles over Daylight Saving Time and its legislative ilk have roiled Congress for centuries. Here's how the long, tumultuous battle over control of the clock has unfolded so far.