LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s a subject that comes up a lot this time of the year. Why not make daylight saving time permanent? While the advantages are a later sunset than we’re used to from November through March, history tells us it’s not that simple.

Permanent daylight saving time was put into effect during World War II hoping to conserve energy and fuel. But the energy saving never materialized. In fact, some studies showed utility bills increased for some homeowners.

It’s also a popular misnomer that daylight saving time helped farmers. That is not the case. In fact, farmers lobbied hard against permanent daylight saving time, claiming it limited the time they had to milk cows and get good to market.

If daylight saving time were put into effect permanently, the earliest winter suns

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