Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time

President-elect Donald Trump has said his Republican Party will “use its best efforts" to eliminate daylight saving time in the US as it is inconvenient and costly to the nation.

In the United States, daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The time changes take place at 2:00 am local time.

In a post on his social media site Truth Social on Friday, Trump said, “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation." The Republican Party will gain control over the two Chambers of the US Congress — the House of Representatives and the Senate – in January. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the US on January 20.