There is a hefty amount of scientific research explaining why the time change is harmful to our body, sleep, and mental health.

President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office.

President-elect Donald J. Trump said on social media that the time change is “inconvenient” and that the Republican Party would try to put an end to it.

President-elect Trump vowed to work to eliminate daylight saving time, calling it "inconvenient" and "very costly."

While the trial proved popular at first, approval ratings dropped by 1974, with one of the main complaints being the lack of sunlight on winter mornings, according to the Smithsonian Magazine. In October of that year, President Gerald Ford signed a bill that ended permanent daylight saving time, cutting the trial period short.

President-elect Donald Trump pledged support last week for ending the customary biannual clock adjustment, a change already approved by South Carolina lawmakers. Trump wrote in a Dec. 13 Truth Social post that the Republican Party will “use its best efforts” to eliminate daylight saving time,

In a post on TruthSocial, Trump said he would work with Republicans to permanently eliminate daylight saving time during his second term.