Daylight saving time could be made permanent across the entire country if a new bill filed by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio gets support in Congress. Moreover most of the country has introduced some form of legislation in regards to ending the time change. Since Daylight Saving Time was enacted to conserve coal during WWI, its role currently is obsolete in terms of energy saving measures. Changing the clocks does not create extra daylight, but it causes the Sun to rise and set at a later time by the clock. Fog over Happy Valley at sunrise, Jan. 2, 2014. ET The Washington Post via Getty Images Permanent daylight saving time would mean much later sunrises throughout the year, but Californians probably won't need to worry about that. The Conversation Opinion: How permanent daylight-saving time would make all our lives better Published: March 9, 2019 at 12:04 p.m. Thomas Boyd European parliament votes to scrap daylight saving time from 2021 ... permanent wintertime would change their clocks for the final time on the last Sunday of October 2021. If all three states agree to permanent daylight saving time, the region would still need to secure approval from Congress. Last year California passed Proposition 7, making Daylight Saving Time year-round and permanent. So, when we spring forward an hour in spring, we add 1 hour of natural daylight to our afternoon schedule. California voters passed Proposition 7, with about 60 percent in favor of the measure that would make daylight saving time year-round, instead of only from early March to early November. Thus, we propose that The Pacific and Central time zones remain on permanent daylight saving time, and that the Mountain and Eastern time zones remain on permanent standard time.