Tonight marks that annoying biannual tradition of changing the time on our clocks.

Unless you get ahead of the game, like the returning time and temperature sign in downtown Palmerton, you’ll be jumping forward one hour when you wake up Sunday morning.

If this is something you enjoy, savor it because it might be the last time.

There is once again a legislative push to abolish clock changes. Dubbed “the Sunshine Protection Act,” bills have been introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate.

In a well thought out and succinct statement, Sen. Marco Rubio, who introduced the bill in the Senate, said, “This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid.”

He’s not wrong. When I was in college, I knew someone who clicked no every time the old Windows computers would ask you to accept the time change. I think that was more of an attempt to have an excuse to be late for an 8 a.m. class, but the premise was right.

Agreeing to stop the clock changing madness is one thing, but deciding on permanent daylight savings or standard time is another.

According to a 2022 CBS News poll, 46% of participants want daylight savings all year long, 33% like permanent standard time and 21% like the archaic current system.

The National Sleep Foundation, which exists to advocate for my restful nights, supports permanent standard time because of its alignment with our circadian biology and relevance to sleep health and safety.

Standard time includes less light at night when you’re trying to fall asleep and more exposure to morning light, which, according to NSF, makes it a little easier to wake up.

Congress dabbled with permanent daylight savings time in the 1970s and it was a mess. Eight kids were killed in Florida while waiting for the bus in near total darkness within two weeks of the change. The experiment ended about 10 months after it started.

A quick search of my Facebook timeline on the topic shows very split reactions to the daylight savings versus standard time debate.

Palmerton Junior High science teacher Brad Landis has railed against standard time each year for at least the past decade.

“The only thing worse then getting up on a Monday morning is getting up on a Monday morning after the time change,” he posted in November 2016.

“Here we go screwing up our circadian rhythm again,” he added one year later.

On the flip side, I’ve found several “daylight savings is the devil” posts from other people.

No matter where you fall, I think we can all agree that changing those microwave and oven clocks twice a year, “is stupid.”