I think Glen is right -- people are making way too much fuss about this issue. It's especially ironic at this time of year: people howl about the aggravation of spending 5 minutes changing clocks, but don't mention the hours (or days!) wading through a bewildering array of tax forms. That's a complaint I can sympathize with.
Anyway, DST means I have an extra hour of daylight to play 9 holes after work or socialize with my neighbors on the patio. If my part of the country (New England) were on standard time all year, sunrise in summer would be 2 1/2 or 3 hours before I wake up in the morning. Not much use to me.
I have made this comment a few times today. Best answer I have is this fall move back 30 minutes and leave it alone after that. Make everyone half happy!
Trump has stated that the issue is split 50/50, that he doesn't have any idea what to do, but that he thinks changing the clocks is silly. 50/50 is my experience as well.
Nothing is saved either way. Personally, I think it's backwards. We should be on normal time now and change the clocks this fall, if it has to be done.
Part of the problem with the change is that we've been living on this "change the clocks" paradigm for so long, people forgot what it was like before DST became mandatory. The length of the day changes so much over the course of the year that it swamps out anything we can do with the clocks. The closer to the poles you live the bigger the differences. You can call it whatever you like, but the "midnight sun" has the final say.
Of course, that's just another incentive to live in Florida, just north of the tropics, where the length of the day doesn't change as much.
I figured one time that on the summer solstice, our day is just short of 14 hours long - 13:55:30. On the winter solstice it's 3 hours 34 minutes shorter, 10:21:43. (source) In Minneapolis, MN, the longest day lengthens to 15:36:48 - just over two hours longer than ours and the shortest day shortens down to 8:46:12, virtually seven hours shorter than their longest day. Nothing can be done about that. All DST does is change what we call those hours.
Standards Time, year around, period. DST was a stupid idea, whose rationale is pointless, in a society where less than 2% of the population lives on a farm.
Quit finger-f**king with the time for no good reason whatsoever, and learn to live your life under reality. The practice might even catch on in other ways.
I live in AZ and only the Navajo reservation observes DST, so in the summer your cell phone bounces back and forth as you drive between non-reservation, Navajo, and then on to the Hopi reservation (that follows the rest of the state).
Amazing how this is an annual event now- the whining about losing an hour of sleep. Does anyone bitch like this when they fly to the east coast and lose 2 or 3 hours? Such a silly issue. I lose an hour of sleep regularly due to my brain kicking in early, bathroom trips, or staying up late to watch something. It's not exactly the same as the sun coming up later, but really people?
Personally, I like having some daylight at the end of the day so I can get something done outside after getting home from work. Driving to work in the dark isn't an issue for me. The last time a decree went out to make DST year 'round, parents nationwide howled that their kids were walking to school in the dark, and things went back to the way they were before. I don't know where you live, but here in California almost ALL kids are shuttled to and from school by their helicopter parents, so going DST year 'round shouldn't be an issue.
As for me, I'm getting DAMNED close to retirement age. When that happens it won't make any difference to me WHAT happens with the clocks...
Honest question - would it make people any happier?
ReplyDeleteFolks could do more for themselves by waking up earlier and watching the sun rise from time to time...
DST delenda est!
ReplyDeleteI think Glen is right -- people are making way too much fuss about this issue. It's especially ironic at this time of year: people howl about the aggravation of spending 5 minutes changing clocks, but don't mention the hours (or days!) wading through a bewildering array of tax forms. That's a complaint I can sympathize with.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, DST means I have an extra hour of daylight to play 9 holes after work or socialize with my neighbors on the patio. If my part of the country (New England) were on standard time all year, sunrise in summer would be 2 1/2 or 3 hours before I wake up in the morning. Not much use to me.
I have made this comment a few times today. Best answer I have is this fall move back 30 minutes and leave it alone after that. Make everyone half happy!
ReplyDeleteOr (more likely) make everyone pissed.
DeleteNot that I care just pick SOMETHING!
Trump has stated that the issue is split 50/50, that he doesn't have any idea what to do, but that he thinks changing the clocks is silly. 50/50 is my experience as well.
ReplyDeleteNothing is saved either way.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think it's backwards. We should be on normal time now and change the clocks this fall, if it has to be done.
Part of the problem with the change is that we've been living on this "change the clocks" paradigm for so long, people forgot what it was like before DST became mandatory. The length of the day changes so much over the course of the year that it swamps out anything we can do with the clocks. The closer to the poles you live the bigger the differences. You can call it whatever you like, but the "midnight sun" has the final say.
ReplyDeleteOf course, that's just another incentive to live in Florida, just north of the tropics, where the length of the day doesn't change as much.
I figured one time that on the summer solstice, our day is just short of 14 hours long - 13:55:30. On the winter solstice it's 3 hours 34 minutes shorter, 10:21:43. (source) In Minneapolis, MN, the longest day lengthens to 15:36:48 - just over two hours longer than ours and the shortest day shortens down to 8:46:12, virtually seven hours shorter than their longest day. Nothing can be done about that. All DST does is change what we call those hours.
Standards Time, year around, period.
ReplyDeleteDST was a stupid idea, whose rationale is pointless, in a society where less than 2% of the population lives on a farm.
Quit finger-f**king with the time for no good reason whatsoever, and learn to live your life under reality. The practice might even catch on in other ways.
I live in AZ and only the Navajo reservation observes DST, so in the summer your cell phone bounces back and forth as you drive between non-reservation, Navajo, and then on to the Hopi reservation (that follows the rest of the state).
ReplyDeleteWe do just fine staying on MST. End the madness.
The sun should rise 1/2 hour before I awake, & set 1/2 hour before I take my rest. Whenever that should happen to be…
ReplyDeleteWorld's stupidest issue
ReplyDeleteAmazing how this is an annual event now- the whining about losing an hour of sleep. Does anyone bitch like this when they fly to the east coast and lose 2 or 3 hours? Such a silly issue. I lose an hour of sleep regularly due to my brain kicking in early, bathroom trips, or staying up late to watch something. It's not exactly the same as the sun coming up later, but really people?
ReplyDeletePersonally, I like having some daylight at the end of the day so I can get something done outside after getting home from work. Driving to work in the dark isn't an issue for me. The last time a decree went out to make DST year 'round, parents nationwide howled that their kids were walking to school in the dark, and things went back to the way they were before. I don't know where you live, but here in California almost ALL kids are shuttled to and from school by their helicopter parents, so going DST year 'round shouldn't be an issue.
ReplyDeleteAs for me, I'm getting DAMNED close to retirement age. When that happens it won't make any difference to me WHAT happens with the clocks...