A little over two weeks from now we get to take part in that much-beloved ritual of setting our clocks ahead. In spite of multiple efforts from Illinois state lawmakers over the years, we still have to do this clock-changing routine twice a year.

If we ever do end up dumping clock-changing as a societal habit, get ready for the gigantic arguments over which is better, standard time or daylight saving time. For now though, you have one job, and that's clock changing.

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Illinois Is Among The 48 States That, While Complaining Heavily, Observe Daylight Saving Time

It's pretty crazy that as much as the American public hates the bi-annual clock changing ritual we just keep on doing it. The last polling information I saw on springing ahead and falling back showed that 63 percent of Americans were in favor of stopping the twice-yearly adjustments. 16 percent wanted to keep it, and 21 percent apparently needed to give it a lot more thought.

When it comes to getting rid of the twice-yearly clock changes through a change in the law, lawmakers on every level are still weighing the options.

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In Illinois, State Rep Bob Morgan (D-Highwood) has proposed legislation to make daylight saving time the year-round standard time for the entire state. Currently, House Bill 1192, which was brought in front of the Illinois General Assembly last year, is pending.

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There's Also A Very Strong Argument To Make Standard Time Our Default Setting

Which, when you look at the particulars of both Standard and Daylight Saving Time, is a very strong argument.

Enough Of The Arguing Back And Forth Over DST and Standard Time--Here's What You Wanted To Know

Here in Illinois, and throughout the 48 states that observe time change in the United States, daylight saving time lasts for a total of 34 weeks, running from early-to-mid March to the beginning of November in those states that observe it.

Next month, daylight saving time will start on Sunday, March 10th, more than a full week before the official start of Spring (March 19th). Daylight saving time will end on November 3rd.

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