No more 4:30 sunsets
New York already keeps True Time from March to November. Keep it all year.
One clock. All year. Add your name.
You’re in. Now make one call.
Two minutes. Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, ask for either New York senator’s office, and say:
“I’m a constituent. Please bring H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act, to a vote before the Senate leaves in December, and vote yes.”
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Same sun. Wrong clock.
Earliest sunset of the year
- Wrong Time
4:28 pm- True Time
- 5:28 pm
Days the sun sets before 5:00 pm
- Wrong Time
87- True Time
- 0
New York City, each clock kept all year. True Time is the clock we already keep from March to November.
The House said yes. The Senate hasn’t voted.
- 308–117 House vote for H.R. 139 on July 14, 2026
- 60 Senate votes needed. No floor vote yet.
- 19 states with laws ready to switch as soon as Congress allows it. New York is not one of them.
Updated .
Two minutes. One call.
U.S. Capitol switchboard. Ask for either New York senator’s office.
- Sen. Charles E. Schumer (202) 224-6542
- Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (202) 224-4451
“I’m a constituent. Please bring H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act, to a vote before the Senate leaves in December, and vote yes.”
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Questions
What is True Time?
The clock New York keeps from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. We want to keep it all year, which means the sun never sets before 5:28 pm in New York City.
Translation for Anachronists
In official language, True Time is daylight saving time (Eastern Daylight Time), and Wrong Time is standard time. The bill in Congress is H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent. We use the official terms once, here, and never again.
Who are the Anachronists?
People who still keep Wrong Time. Two-Timers switch clocks twice a year. Fallbackers want Wrong Time all year. All are welcome to convert.
Won’t winter mornings be darker?
Yes. In New York City the latest sunrise moves from about 7:20 am to about 8:20 am in early January, and sunrise comes after 8:00 am on about 68 days a year. In exchange, sunset never comes before 5:28 pm. We think the evening hour is worth more to more people.
What do sleep researchers say?
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine and other medical groups agree the twice-yearly switch should end. They would keep the winter clock all year, because morning light matters most for the body clock. We agree about the switching and disagree about which clock.
Didn’t the country try this in 1974?
Yes. Year-round observance began in January 1974 and was reversed later that year after complaints about dark mornings. In an October 2025 AP-NORC poll, 56% of adults picked this clock when asked to choose one for the whole country.
Why not keep Wrong Time all year?
It would end the switching and nothing else. December sunsets would stay at 4:28 pm, and June sunrise in New York City would move to about 4:24 am.
Can New York do this alone?
No. Congress has to allow it, and then Albany has to adopt it. That is why we call the Senate now and Albany in January.
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