Daylight saving time

[emeraldking]

This past night we've changed our clock with an hour forward. They always say that we'll have an hour less of sleeping time when we change the time to an hour forward. But hey, I've slept in today... My internal clock wasn't ready for it yet...

 

[jaylach]

I detest the time changes. They no longer serve any purpose.

 

[Back in the fold]

I detest the time changes. They no longer serve any purpose.

I loathe the time change . Leave things alone for crimony pup’s sake !

 

[Colin_T]

I can't stand it either, never could. Just plain stupid in my opinion.

 

[Essjay]

This country experimented leaving the clocks at summer time all year in the 1970s but went back to changing. In the far north of the UK it meant that it didn't get light till mid morning. During the experiment I went to school in the dark and came home in light; when the clocks changed I went to school in the light, and came home when it was just beginning to dim. One of the reasons quoted for changing clocks was that it was dangerous for children going to school in the dark.

 

[Fishmanic]

I would prefer daylight saving time year round.

 

[Back in the fold]

I would prefer daylight saving time year round.

To each his own but I prefer standard time because noon is noon . Noon is when the sun is exactly overhead at the mid point between sunrise and sunset . Standard time is natural time and even the animals know it .

 

[Fishmanic]

daylight savings time runs for 8 months a year...so just add 4 more months and we have year round DST. I like the extra hour of daylight time at the end of the day; I"m a late sleeper and prefer having more daylight.

 

[BrianK]

In Washington State, we voted to stay on DST all year long but it has to be approved in the US Congress which has shelved it for about 5 years now.

 

[jaylach]

In Washington State, we voted to stay on DST all year long but it has to be approved in the US Congress which has shelved it for about 3 years now.

It isn't just the US congress. From lite research it has to be agreed to by an extremely large % of individual states that practice this garbage. From some of my research it has come up something like 11 times in the past but not enough states agreed. The thing is that it is all or nothing as to this, not a state by state thing. The few states that don't do time changes such as Arizona, are excluded from this process as they never joined the charter so are exempt. Congress isn't even a part of this as time changes are actually monitored by The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The DOT fights getting rid of the time changes as it would cost them a lot to re-do computer scheduling... or, at least, that is the reason presented.

The problem is that getting rid of it is all or nothing in the U.S. A state that initially joined the time change cannot just drop out as it has to be agreed by all states involved. Sadly, with the influence of the DOT, this isn't likely to happen soon.

 

[BrianK]

The problem is that getting rid of it is all or nothing in the U.S. A state that initially joined the time change cannot just drop out as it has to be agreed by all states involved. Sadly, with the influence of the DOT, this isn't likely to happen soon.

I actually just read something. We had to go through Congress because we were trying to do year-round DST. Our state legislature is now trying to go year-round standard time which we can apparently do without Congress.

 

[Colin_T]

If they want year round DST, just wake up an hour earlier.

 

[Oldspartan]

I am retired and it makes not a wit of difference to me. I have my own internal clock that dictates all I do.

 

[jaylach]

Odd thing about DST is that deaths and auto accidents dramatically increase the Monday after setting clocks ahead.

This article is older but some may find of interest.

The Daylight Saving Time Switch Literally Kills People - Here's Why

Daylight saving time is a killer.

www.sciencealert.com