Daylight Saving Time

[Harrison]

Up here in Maine, next month we go to D.S.T. which means we turn the clocks ahead one hour. I suppose this made sense a century ago (maybe) but, as far as I'm concerned, if we are to move the time all, we'd be better off to turn them BACK an hour, as the sun's already rising earlier and it (obviously) stays light later.

Your thoughts?

Saving daylight is like money in the bank. Can't have enough of it. That is until you get far enough north that it hardly ever gets dark.

 

[BC38]

Lot of Truth in this statement

More like cutting a foot off the head end of the blanket and sewing it onto the foot end of the blanket so your feet are covered instead of your face!

 

[lihpster]

Shoot. You guys could afford blankets? Must have been nice.

 

[mtgianni]

I live at about the same latitude as you.
I understand what you're saying, but don't see the problem.
So, the kiddos go to school while it is still dark, but by the time they get to go outside the school building (for recess) the sun is up.
So, how is that a problem? I guess I don't understand your point.
Especially since staying on DST would also mean that they get to go home BEFORE sundown - and maybe get to play outdoors for a couple of hours before it gets dark. Where's the harm in that?
The other thing to consider is that we are talking about the coldest months of winter. Do MT schools even let the kids go outside for recess when the winter temps are so low?
IIRC, Spokane schools keep the kids inside during the coldest winter months. So, what is gained by the "fall back" time shift?
Maybe I'm missing something...

Currently if you live within 3/4 mile of the school you walk to school. Buses pick up the kids further out. This puts kids out on the streets before dark.
You can send them with flashlights but most of the time they are off. Just kids wearing black, non reflective clothing while walking along the edges of the streets.

 

[CalifEd]

So, will DOGE consider cancelling Standard Time in favor of Saving Time?

 

[Rule3]

Long been a pet peeve of mine.
Pick one or the other or split the difference and leave it alone.
This back and forth is stupid.

Florida voted to get rid of of it but we need the OK from the Feds

 

[WardenRoss]

Said no dog, ever!!!

Kevin

I didn't say he refused it. He just gives me a concerned look, like I must be up to something.

At HIS 0530 and 1930 hours he goes to his bowl and starts nudging it with his nose. He's very schedule conscious.

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[smoothshooter]

Living here in the PNW, the winter months when we are operating on "standard" time means that most people go to work before the sun rises, and by the time they get off work and head home, the sun has already set.
So, they go to work in the dark and drive home after work in the dark.
If DST were adopted as the "standard" time, then a lot more people would at least get to enjoy an hour or two of daylight at the end of a hard day's work.
That may seem like a little thing, but even an hour or two of sunlight at the end of your day can have a BIG positive effect on a person.
JMO...

I AGREE 200% !!!

 

[smoothshooter]

Living here in the PNW, the winter months when we are operating on "standard" time means that most people go to work before the sun rises, and by the time they get off work and head home, the sun has already set.
So, they go to work in the dark and drive home after work in the dark.
If DST were adopted as the "standard" time, then a lot more people would at least get to enjoy an hour or two of daylight at the end of a hard day's work.
That may seem like a little thing, but even an hour or two of sunlight at the end of your day can have a BIG positive effect on a person.
JMO...

I AGREE 200% !!!

 

[BC38]

Currently if you live within 3/4 mile of the school you walk to school. Buses pick up the kids further out. This puts kids out on the streets before dark.
You can send them with flashlights but most of the time they are off. Just kids wearing black, non reflective clothing while walking along the edges of the streets.

If as you say they are entering school 2-1/2 hours in the dark, changing the time 1 hour either way isn't going to make any difference whatsoever. Dark is dark.
Are there no sidewalks where you live? No parents to make sure the kiddos wear light/reflective clothing? And if they aren't old enough to walk the 3/4 mile safely, are there no parents, siblings, or older kids to guide them and keep them out of the road? No crossing guards to make sure they get across the streets safely?
I don't get it. - I'm sure I must be missing something.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

DST has no practical relation to darkness and school schedules. If you want the chillun to go to school an hour later, have school start an hour later. If you want them to leave an hour earlier, have school start an hour earlier. If your school administrators can't figure this out, fire them all and replace their function with compensated part time by one of the better teachers.

If I sound grumpy about this, it's because I'm getting a little tired of digging up and adjusting my sundial twice a year.

 

[dben002]

I AGREE 200% !!!

Me toooooooooooo......darkness at 5:00pm is depressing
Sunlight until 9:00pm is uplifting and healthy...

when it's dark at 5:00pm then 9:00pm feels like midnight and makes you feel sluggish and overly tired.....

but most importantly you can't finish a round of golf if you start at 3:00pm

 

[rwsmith]

I hope.....

I think the same whining is repeated every 6 months.

...that the 'whining' increases until they abolish D.S.T.

 

[UncleEd]

The four US time zones are too large.

They need to be broken into at least 10 or possibly 12 zones.

And each zone should have a vote of a saving's time or not along with the appropriate spring and fall changes.

Uniformity is the curse of dull minds.

 

[CalifEd]

If I sound grumpy about this, it's because I'm getting a little tired of digging up and adjusting my sundial twice a year.

I just tape a yellow post-it note to the clock bottom that says, "+1".
Next week, I will remove the post-it note.

 

[oldbrownhat]

...If I sound grumpy about this, it's because I'm getting a little tired of digging up and adjusting my sundial twice a year.

Pfft! You think you have problems? In Britain they have to adjust the REALLY BIG sundials at Avebury and Stonehenge!

I think the above was taken at Avebury.
There you can nip into The Red Lion to wet your whistle between boulders.

 

[lkabug]

Does anybody really know what time it is?

Does anybody really care?

 

[Krogen]

Living here in the PNW, the winter months when we are operating on "standard" time means that most people go to work before the sun rises, and by the time they get off work and head home, the sun has already set.
So, they go to work in the dark and drive home after work in the dark.
If DST were adopted as the "standard" time, then a lot more people would at least get to enjoy an hour or two of daylight at the end of a hard day's work.
That may seem like a little thing, but even an hour or two of sunlight at the end of your day can have a BIG positive effect on a person.
JMO...

and... andd.... AND... If we go to permanent standard time, in the PNW it will be getting light at 0330 in June. The people that whine about dark afternoons in December with have a hissy about early dawns in June.

I don't see the pain in switching between standard and daylight time. Going to a different time zone an hour, or three hours away is no big deal. I have no issue going 8 or 9 hours away if I just start "thinking" in the new time. Go to bed and get up by the clock, not your circadian clock.

Oh by the way . . . .

 

[Onomea]

A benefit of being retired is you can pretty much do whatever you want whenever you want. So that's what we do. Don't really notice the seasonal time changes.

Excepting doctor appts, as Charlie notes above. But I try to schedule those later in the day.

 

[riverrat38]

Actually, I am seeing more whining about the whiners whining than whiners whining about the time change!
And, the notion of changing the clocks to save daylight is purely physiological. I don't want to get up at 5 AM, so I set my clock ahead one hour and get up at 6 AM.
Makes more sense to me to change the time we start work/school than to mess with "Gods" time! Rant over.

73,
Rick