The days are getting shorter, and not before long, clocks will be turned back one hour.

That’s daylight saving time, a twice-a-year practice wherein time springs forward in March and falls backward in November.

Originally meant to conserve energy, daylight saving time was first adopted in Germany during World War I and subsequently spread to over 70 countries, including Canada.

Although many are used to the seasonal time change, there had been calls to end this practice and simply have a one-time system for the entire year.

At the forthcoming convention of the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM), one town is suggesting the abolition of daylight saving time.

According to the resolution submitted by Grand Forks, research has shown that the practice, particularly in the spring, when people lose an hour of sleep, has a “negative impact” on “health and cognitive awareness”.

The proposal urges the UBCM to petition the province to consult British Columbians with the objective of scrapping daylight saving time.

The resolution was endorsed by the Association of Kootenay and Boundary Local Governments, but failed to get the support of the UBCM resolutions committee.

In notes at the resolutions book, the committee said that the UBCM had in three previous conventions decided not to back suggestions to stop the bi-annual time change in the province.

The UBCM convention will be held in Vancouver from September 25 to September 29.

In 2015, Kamloops residents Bob Dieno and Tara Holmes launched a petition asking the province to discontinue the practice.

According to the petition, there are “many contradictory studies” on whether daylight saving time actually lessens energy use when days are long.

“There are, however, even more studies that tell us that the change itself can cause accidents, injuries and even deaths,” the petition noted. “Many of these issues are related to sleep pattern change that the biennial shift mandates.”