Millions of Americans will have to get used to waking up in darkness during the winter if the plan to make Daylight Saving Time permanent clears one more hurdle in Congress.

The US House of Representatives advanced the measure on July 14, passing the bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act by a vote of 308-117. The bill now heads to the Senate.

If approved and signed into law by President Donald Trump, who has been a supporter of the measure, Americans would no longer have to change their clocks twice a year.

While the headache of changing the time on all your watches and other appliances will be over, the new reality would mean later sunrises from November to March, with the sun rising in certain parts of the US well after 8am.

In fact, in northern US cities, such as Detroit, Minneapolis and Indianapolis, the sun would rise just after 9am local time in January 2027.

Meanwhile, sunrise will shift to between 8am and 8.30am for most major cities throughout the US in December and January, including in New York, Miami, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Dallas, Denver and San Francisco.

For 50 million children attending school in the US, it means classes could soon begin before the sun rises in the morning.

For tens of millions of working adults, it would mean the morning rush to the office, typically between 6.30am and 9.30am, would take place almost entirely in darkness throughout the winter.

The trade-off, which supporters of the bill have been lobbying for, would be more sunshine throughout the afternoon and evening, with sunset coming after 6pm in many cities.

Currently, the US ‘falls back’ one hour and recognizes standard time from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March.

This has led to sunsets coming before 5pm throughout most of the US from late November to early January.

For example, if the US were to change the clocks again this year, sunset in New York City would come at 4.30pm on December 15.

President Trump has repeatedly called for ending the clock changes, writing in a May Truth Social post: ‘We are going with the far more popular alternative, Saving Daylight, which gives you a longer, brighter Day – And who can be against that – This is an easy one!’

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