A bill recently introduced in Congress proposes half-daylight saving time, permanently setting clocks 30 minutes forward from standard time.

Correction & clarification: A prior version of this story misstated the origin of the U.S. law on daylight saving time. The sun is setting earlier and the moon light seems longer as the leaves are ...

By March 31, accounting for the clocks going forward, the sun will be rising at 6.38am and setting at 7.32pm. This means there are 12 hours, 53 minutes and 41 seconds of daylight.