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Pros and Cons of Eliminating Daylight Saving Time

What are the pros and cons of eliminating Daylight Saving Time?

Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- It's Daylight Saving weekend, so don't forget to se your clock forward one hour before going to bed Saturday night.

Springing forward happens on the second Sunday in March and gets us an extra hour of daylight over the next couple of months.

Earlier this week, state senators passed a bill that looks into whether South Carolina should drop Daylight Saving Time altogether. Cherokee County Senator, Harvey Peeler, proposed the bill that puts a committee in charge of looking at the pros and cons of the time change.

The proposal will head to the House. But what are the pros and cons of eliminating Daylight Saving Time? News 19 looked into it.

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