It’s getting closer to that mysterious time during the winter when life suddenly feels a little bit more bearable.

In just about two weeks, the clock will spring forward, ushering in one more hour of daylight to the evening. Daylight saving time will begin formally at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9.

There’s more to look forward to before then. The days are getting longer, with the first 6 p.m. sunset coming on March 5, right before the time change will jet us into post-7 p.m. sunsets. The March 20 spring equinox will be right around the corner and in mid-April, the sun will start setting after 8 p.m.

This twice-yearly time change inspires the same tired set of questions: Why is this a thing? Wasn’t this supposed to end a while ago?

In 2024, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators pushed to pass legislation to end the clock changes, but nothing has come of it so far. That effort followed another failed attempt in 2022.

Several states have introduced legislation that would stop the clock changes, but the move hasn’t really caught on.

In 2019, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent in the state, but the law cannot be enforced without congressional action. Federal law only allows states to opt into standard time permanently.