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Permanent daylight saving time

Permanent daylight saving time in Michigan.In Detroit the sun would rise after 8 AM on 129 days a year, up from 26.

The latest sunrise would move from 8:11 AM to 9:01 AM, and winter's earliest sunset from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Summer stays as it is.

A year of daylight in Detroit: a band of blue day edged in orange and violet, stepping up and down on the two days the clocks change.

Detroit, on today's clocks. The latest sunrise is 8:11 AM on November 6, and the earliest sunset is 5:00 PM on December 9.

Each column is one day of 2027, with midnight at the top and bottom. A color is the sky's at that minute. A cliff is a day the clocks change. Move across the picture to read a day.
Detroit on each clock
MeasureToday's clocksPermanent DSTPermanent standard
Latest sunrise8:11 AM9:01 AM8:01 AM
Earliest sunrise5:55 AM5:55 AM4:55 AM
Earliest sunset5:00 PM6:00 PM5:00 PM
Latest sunset9:13 PM9:13 PM8:13 PM
Days with sunrise after 8 AM2612916
Days with sunrise after 9 AM0160
Days with sunset before 5 PM10010
Days with sunset after 7 PM210240155
Hours of light after 5 PM on weekdays599690429

Michigan, city by city.

Michigan keeps more than one clock. On Eastern time: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Traverse City, Marquette. On Central time: Ironwood.

CityLatest sunrise todayOn permanent DSTDays after 8 AM todayOn permanent DSTEarliest sunset todayOn permanent DSTLatest sunset on permanent standard
Detroit8:11 AM9:01 AM261295:00 PM6:00 PM8:13 PM
Grand Rapids8:23 AM9:14 AM731455:08 PM6:08 PM8:26 PM
Lansing8:18 AM9:09 AM581385:04 PM6:04 PM8:21 PM
Traverse City8:27 AM9:20 AM841475:02 PM6:02 PM8:32 PM
Marquette8:38 AM9:34 AM1121585:02 PM6:02 PM8:47 PM
Ironwood7:49 AM8:44 AM0964:14 PM5:14 PM7:58 PM

Of these cities, Marquette would see the latest sunrise, 9:34 AM on January 1.

Questions.

What time would the sun rise in Detroit in winter?

As late as 9:01 AM, on January 3. Today the latest sunrise is 8:11 AM, on November 6.

How many dark mornings would Detroit have?

The sun would rise after 8 AM on 129 days a year, and after 9 AM on 16 days. Today it rises after 8 AM on 26 days.

What would winter evenings look like in Detroit?

The earliest sunset of the year would move from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The sun now sets before 5 PM on 10 days a year; on permanent daylight saving time it never would.

What would permanent standard time do in Detroit?

Winter would stay as it is, and summer's clock would fall an hour back. The earliest sunrise would be 4:55 AM and the latest sunset 8:13 PM, instead of 5:55 AM and 9:13 PM today.

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Figures are for calendar 2027 unless a heading says otherwise, worked out with NOAA's solar equations and the IANA time zone database (version 2026e) at each place's coordinates from GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset put the sun's center 0.833° below a flat horizon, so hills move a real place by minutes. Download the figures.