The proposed change would have major ramifications on everyone’s daily lives
You could play a role in the moulding of time by simply voting in Elon Musk’s latest poll on X, as he’s asked his 219 million followers to help enact a major change that would affect every single American across the country.
Elon Musk is certainly no stranger to conducting polls online, as he’s previously asked his followers to vote on site-wide changes like the block feature and even potential foreign policy such as an invasion of Great Britain.
He has repeatedly platformed his belief in ‘vox populi, vox dei’ – otherwise known as the voice of the people – and his latest application of this could lead to something that would have ramifications on the everyday lives of everyone the US, as reported by the Daily Mail.
Posting a poll on X, Musk asked his followers the following question: “If daylight savings time is canceled, do you prefer: An hour earlier; An hour later.”
If daylight savings time change is canceled, do you prefer
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2025
Currently the poll has received 1.2 million votes with four hours still remaining, and the latter ‘hour later’ option is winning with around 58% of the vote.
This is far from the first time that Musk has expressed his seeming frustration with daylight savings time, as it’s a long-held bug bear for him that he’s hinted at getting rid of in the past.
While being the richest man in the world certainly gives you a lot of power, his newly-held position as the head of new federal advisory board DOGE could mean that he’s never been in a better place to enact his hatred of the lengthy US-based time zone.
If you’re unaware, daylight savings time stretches between March and November, setting clocks forward an hour to ensure that evenings have more light whereas mornings have less.
Funnily enough, the result of Musk’s poll appear to indicate that most actually prefer the functions of daylight savings time anyway, as ‘an hour later’ would land the same result, albeit permanently this time.
Looks like daylight savings time could be next on Elon Musk’s chopping list (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
The replies seem to offer a mixed reception to the poll, with contrasting opinions on what time should be set.
“More daylight in awake hours,” argues one user, seemingly supporting the ‘hour later’ option, adding that “sunlight is healthy.”
Another asks “what is it right now?” requesting that Musk should “keep it all the same” in the end.
“How about just pick one and stick with it,” frustratingly writes one comment. “I need to stop screwing with my sleep schedule twice a year damnit, sooner is better.”
Whether Musk alone actually has the power to make these changes is still up for debate though, as one Reddit user explains why it might not be within the Department of Government Efficiency’s remit:
“DST starts and end with an act of Congress, so nothing DOGE can do about it. Unless they were to write about the full-fledged text of a law that enacts their recommendations, and the Republicans are willing to just pass it intact. Ha. Haha.”
That certainly wouldn’t be too out of the question considering how Trump’s administration has gone so far, and there’s nothing to say that the president won’t just push it all through with a fresh executive order either.
