Other supporters included the gardening industry, as well as pro baseball and tennis, according to historian Mike O'Malley of George Mason University. One of the earliest prominent backers of daylight saving was Abraham Lincoln Filene (of Filene's Department Stores), who was a driving force behind the movement during World War I. "They understood something very early on: If you give workers daylight, when they leave their jobs, they are much more apt to stop and shop on their way home." "What we don't tend to know as Americans is that the biggest lobby on behalf of daylight saving since 1915 in this country - and to this very day - is the Chamber of Commerce," Downing, who died earlier this year, said in a 2015 video about daylight saving. candy industry as a winner, since the extra hour of daylight could drive sales of more Halloween treats.īut support among businesses ran much deeper than that, according to time-change expert Michael Downing, a professor at Tufts University who wrote Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time. When daylight saving was extended into early November 15 years ago, many saw the U.S. If that happens, it would be a final victory for a plan that businesses have praised for more than 100 years.įor 2022, daylight saving time officially ends at 2 a.m. states now back a permanent shift to daylight saving time. Millions of Americans want to abandon the time change we endure twice each year, disrupting our circadian rhythms and creating confusion.
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