Springing forward to daylight saving time is obsolete, confusing and unhealthy, critics say

This weekend, Americans will once again navigate their complex relationship with the chronically confusing and arguably misnamed daylight saving time. The clocks spring forward early Sunday morning when 2 a.m. suddenly becomes 3 a.m. in most of the United States. People are advised to avoid scheduling anything important for 2:30 a.m. Sunday, since, by law, such a moment does not exist.

But the law may change. The national policy of switching from standard time to daylight saving time and back again is under legislative challenge from coast to coast. Multiple initiatives in Congress and in statehouses would terminate our current...