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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Deepti Hajela and Linley Sanders

Here's how Americans feel about changing the clocks, according to a new AP-NORC poll

AP Poll Daylight Savings Time - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Yes, you’ll get a shot at an extra hour’s sleep. But even with that, it might be one of the most dreaded weekends on the American calendar: the end of daylight saving time.

Only 12% of U.S. adults favor the current system of daylight saving time, which has people in most states changing the clocks twice a year, according to a new AP-NORC poll, while 47% are opposed and 40% are neutral.

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