BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The national buzz is around Daylight Saving Time after President-elect Donald Trump announced he wants to end America's 100-year-old practice of "springing forward and "falling back." Daylight saving time was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. Warm up begins, chance of overnight fog increases Several health groups, including the American Medical Association and American Academy of Sleep Medicine, have said that it's time to do away with time switches and that sticking with standard time aligns better with the sun — and human biology. In a post on his website "Truth Social" Friday, Trump wrote the republican party will use its best efforts to eliminate daylight saving time, claiming it's "inconvenient and very costly to the country." However, any effort to permanently change the nation's clocks would require the cooperation of congress. Lawmakers have been gridlocked over recent time-change legislation and whether it makes sense to end daylight saving time or adopt it year-round instead. Never miss a story: Make KGET.com your homepage The most prominent recent attempt, a now-stalled bipartisan bill named the "Sunshine Protection Act," had proposed making "daylight time" permanent. Health experts have said that lawmakers have it backwards and that "standard time" should be made permanent. Daylight or Standard Time? Standard: Winter Sunrise about 7 a.m. Winter Sunset about 4:40 p.m. Summer Sunrise about 4:40 a.m. Summer Sunset about 7:15 p.m. Daylight Time: Winter Sunrise about 8 a.m. Winter Sunset about 5:40 p.m. Summer Sunrise about 5:40 a.m. Summer Sunset about 8:15 p.m. Watch the full segment in the video player to learn how ending Daylight Saving Time would affect the Golden Empire.