H.R. 7378: Daylight Act of 2026

This bill, titled the Daylight Act of 2026, seeks to make permanent changes to how time is regulated in the United States. Below are the main points of the bill:

Permanent Adjustment to American Time

The bill proposes amendments to the Calder Act, originally established in 1918, to adjust the standard time offsets for various time zones across the country. The specific changes include:

• Adjusting the time difference for each U.S. time zone by reducing the hours by half an hour. For example:
• Eastern Time will change from UTC-5 hours to UTC-4.5 hours.
• Central Time will change from UTC-6 hours to UTC-5.5 hours.
• Mountain Time will change from UTC-7 hours to UTC-6.5 hours.
• Pacific Time will change from UTC-8 hours to UTC-7.5 hours.
• This adjustment reflects a shift in how the country’s time is calculated and aims to simplify timekeeping.

Repeal of Daylight Savings Time

The bill also proposes to repeal the current practice of daylight savings time. This means that the practice of moving the clocks forward by one hour in the spring and back by one hour in the fall would no longer occur. This change would create a consistent time throughout the year without the shifts associated with daylight savings.

Effective Date

If enacted, the changes outlined in this bill would go into effect 90 days after the bill becomes law.

Relevant Companies

• MDLZ (Mondelez International) - Potentially impacted due to scheduling and distribution challenges in response to time zone changes affecting operations.
• AMZNY (Amazon.com, Inc.) - Changes in shipping and trading times may affect logistics and operations.
• GOOGL (Alphabet Inc.) - Adjusting scheduling for services that rely on time synchronization can affect various tech operations.