Press to end Daylight Saving Time for good times in Washington

The end of summer time is just around the corner.

On Sunday we fall an hour behind, again leading to complaints and laws stopping the process.

In Everett, Kara Chapman said what many believe to be true about the “throwback” time change.

“It's great that you get an extra hour of sleep, but that just makes everything crazier!” she said.

The clock overlooking the main train waiting room at Everett Station is reminiscent of the front of a locomotive. It doesn't fully work, but if it did it would technically fall back on Sunday. It's a practice some want to end, including James Sauls, who works in Everett.

“Everyone loves to get an extra hour of sleep. But things get really confusing if you don't reset the clock. “People are late for a variety of reasons,” he said.

Efforts to abolish the time change continue in Washington state. State Senator Jeff Wilson is working on a bipartisan bill to eliminate the twice-yearly time change between standard and daylight saving time. Wilson says he and others want the clock's stability compared to standard time.

“It is time to end this confusion once and for all. For me and some (others), time may be running out in Congress, and this may signal to them that Washington state needs to move forward on this issue,” Wilson said.

The bill will be voted on in a Senate committee in Washington, and if it passes, Wilson knows the state still won't be able to move forward without approval from the U.S. Congress, which hasn't happened yet.

Chapman has seen the impact the time change can have on people commuting from the Everett station.

“People miss buses, they miss trains; In this case, there are people who come to work late or early,” Chapman said.

Sauls also says that permanent employment would be beneficial.

“I would just rather stay in one time zone: the standard time zone,” he said.

Some federal officials have advocated for permanent daylight saving time. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, sleep experts prefer a permanent standard time.

Some simply hope the clock ticks just once throughout the year, including Sauls, who supports efforts to abandon the change.

“I would be in favor of the Legislature stepping in and making Washington state a standard time zone.”