How much does the U.S. economy cost winter time

Daylight saving time occurs at 2 midnight on Sunday, November 3. In most of the United States, people shift their watches an hour ago and spend an hour longer in the dark every night, writes Fox News.

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While many people like the extra hour for sleep or the early start of the day, some are frightened that in the spring they will again have to turn the clock hands, but already ahead - then the hour of time is lost. Therefore, more and more people are urging to stop the practice of switching to daylight saving time, and numerous studies have revealed a connection between the change in time and negative consequences.

Researchers have linked summer time with an increased risk of heart disease, such as strokes, heart attacks, and atrial fibrillation. Women who underwent in vitro fertilization and premature birth had higher rates of miscarriage in the summer.

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Studies have shown that after switching the clock to daylight saving time, the number of criminal offenses grows, while the end of daylight saving time coincides with a decrease in the number of attacks. Teens lose an hour of sleep while studying at school, most people are diagnosed with depression. Researchers even found an increase in “cyberlaffing” among office workers after daylight saving time.

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“In the spring, the day after daylight saving time, there are more traffic accidents, more losses in the stock market, more injuries in the workplace, lower test results and higher suicides,” explained co-author of the study Greg Ridgway in 2017.

Health effects due to daylight saving time are caused by a mismatch between the internal hours of the body and the external hours of operation, scale and sun, circulated biologists told the Associated Press. Til Roenneberg, circadian rhythm specialist at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Germany, told AP: a mismatch of just one hour a day is enough to cause negative effects associated with metabolism, blood pressure and hormones.

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Chmura Economics & Analytics looked at the overall economic losses caused by Daylight Saving Time due to increased heart attacks, workplace injuries and cyberluffing. In the US, they estimated the total cost of the transition was over $ 2016 million in 433.

Daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday of March and lasts until the first Sunday of November. The US government first adopted daylight saving time in 1918 — to save coal during World War I. This practice escalated into law in 1966 due to federal uniform time law.

Hawaii and most of Arizona are the only two states that do not observe daylight saving time. But at least in the 18 states over the past few years, bills on the constant transition to standard or summer time have been considered.

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