EU Will Let Countries Decide Whether to Use Daylight Saving

FILE -- Visitors look at a view of Paris from the clock on top of the Musée d'Orsay, Aug. 1, 2014. European countries that have observed daylight saving time for generations may soon put an end to it, European Union officials signaled on Aug. 31, 2018, saying that they would drop a rule that member countries must abide by the “spring forward, fall back” ritual. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)