Don’t mess with the time!

People in Alaska and Hawaii don’t do it, and people in Montana and Texas are thinking about not doing it. I don’t want to do it.

Do what? Set the clocks ahead an hour on Sunday. Daylight Saving Time is just flat out dumb!

Someone once said a Native American considered moving the clocks up an hour in the summer — when days get longer on their own without any help — is kind of like cutting off one end of a blanket, and then sewing the cut part back on the other end of the blanket to make it longer.

According to the International Business Times, we kick the clocks up an hour because: “In addition to the benefits of energy savings, fewer traffic fatalities, more recreation time and increased economic activity, Daylight Saving Time helps clear away the winter blues a little earlier,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said in a statement in 2014. “Government analysis has proven that extra sunshine provides more than just smiles. . . . We all just feel sunnier after we set the clocks ahead.”

That’s ridiculous! I get downright mean after losing an hour’s sleep. And how much did that government analysis cost? I don’t feel sunnier after setting the clocks ahead, and I certainly don’t feel sunnier knowing the government spent money studying the effects of depriving me of an hour’s rest.

Texans want to do away with Daylight Saving Time because, from NEXSTAR Media Group: “There’s really no good reason why we should spring our clocks forward an hour,” State Rep. Jason Isaac, R-Dripping Springs said. “It doesn’t change the amount of daylight, it doesn’t change the amount of daytime….”

Studies have found daylight saving time can lead to workplace accidents, suicide and headaches, likely due to disruption in workers’ sleep cycles.

“For a lot of people, that one week when they lose that extra hour of sleep causes some physical issues,” State Sen. Jose Menendez, D-San Antonio, said. “Obviously we have all heard of the people getting late to work, getting late to school, but I think it also adds stress unnecessarily.”

It’s spring. The sun is at its strongest and the days get longer anyway. Cows don’t care about daylight saving time; they know when it’s time to be milked and don’t care what number you give it. Pets and farm animals want to be fed at the same time of day – when they’re hungry and are accustomed to being fed.

According to USA Today, For people who eat meals at a certain time, Daylight Saving Time can throw things out of whack. If you're used to eating lunch at noon for a few days your stomach will think, "What? It's only 11."

Think about parents of toddlers trying to put their children to bed while sun streams through their windows. Besides, there's something a little creepy about the fact the sun doesn't set until after 9 p.m. on the western edge of the Eastern Time zone. We're not the Arctic Circle.

Studies suggest any energy or cost savings are minimal at best. Yes, people wind up using less electricity in the evenings but that's offset by heavier usage in the early mornings – the blanket analogy kicks in here.

Like everyone else I’ll spend part of Sunday resetting the clocks at home and the one in my car, and I’ll drag out all my watches and reset them. I’ll go along with it because there’s no choice.

But I ain’t gonna feel sunnier about it.