Daylight Saving Time

[DoggyDaddy]

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[SnoopLoggyDog]

Hate DST. They need to offset the time by 30 minutes and never change it again.

 

[KellyinAvon]

I left the Great State of Indiana in Feb 86 for the USAF. I was bumfoosled by the lack of light every DST Monday morning (except when I was overseas and not saving daylight: 90, 93, 97& 98) until 2004. How long has it been DST here? I remember being home on leave Summer of 06 and it being light out at 2130 was just WRONG!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

So looking forward to DST. I love it so much.

 

[foszoe]

DST just laid the prep work for mandatory masks and vaccines. First they make you do something 2 times a year then 4 then 16 then 256 and before you know it....24/7!

 

[Hawkeye]

Guess what time it is!

So we have Jamil to thank for the resurrection of this! I was jsut thinking how we hadn't seen it yet!

 

[chipbennett]

This time change is going to be especially fun. Since I have to a) wake up an hour earlier to catch an early Sunday AM flight, then b) fly back three time zones, with connections in two different time zones before ending up on Pacific time.

In the end, my adjustment to Pacific time ought to be easier; but Sunday is going to be a special kind of suck.

Oh, and CM, I have a feeling this bad penny will be gone sooner rather than later. My European colleagues were amazed that we Americans are still fooling around with our clocks twice a year.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Well good, looks like the clock in my charger and my Jeep will be correct again....

 

[Ingomike]

DST just laid the prep work for mandatory masks and vaccines. First they make you do something 2 times a year then 4 then 16 then 256 and before you know it....24/7!

No one forces anyone to observe time, you are free to do time as you wish.

 

[Ingomike]

So why all the butt hurt over changing clocks twice a year? Are we really that lazy? In my world the benefit is huge. I get that it is a pain for a few, like a dairy farmer, but that is not most of you. I also get that natural early risers will not like it.

Changing the clock allows another hour of light after work and school for the majority, for sports, recreation, or just work around home. I don't know anyone that does yard work before work, they all do it after.

I love it, I hear no complaints about it, except the usual bit**ing in this thread. LOL

 

[DadSmith]

I hate it. It is unnecessary and out of date since we now have electricity to power light bulbs.

 

[chipbennett]

Well good, looks like the clock in my charger and my Jeep will be correct again....

Thanks for reminding me that next week will be the latest iteration of the "is the clock in my rental car correct or not?" game.

 

[Ingomike]

I hate it. It is unnecessary and out of date since we now have electricity to power light bulbs.

Why the hate? We always had light bulb when DST was started.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

All my clocks are digital, I would never notice the time change if it weren't for my vehicles.

In a world full of smart phones,smart watches, wifi gadgets etc. Whats the point of all the clock changing?

 

[DadSmith]

Why the hate? We always had light bulb when DST was started.

Like I said unnecessary because of electricity. What good is it?

 

[Ingomike]

Like I said unnecessary because of electricity. What good is it?

I love it, as said above I get another hour of sleep in the dark in the morning and another hour of light evening. I have no use for a 5am sunrise anytime. I have many uses for a 830pm sunset.

 

[Ingomike]

And if any of you are retired just do what you want when you want and leave the time issues to those that time affects daily...

 

[chipbennett]

I love it, as said above I get another hour of sleep in the dark in the morning and another hour of light evening. I have no use for a 5am sunrise anytime. I have many uses for a 830pm sunset.

So, change your alarm clock to wake up at a time that better-suits your preferences. Why should everyone else have to change their clocks twice a year to accommodate your sleep-cycle preferences?

 

[foszoe]

Why the hate? We always had light bulb when DST was started.

DST is just a green energy ploy to use more solar power.

 

[Ingomike]

So, change your alarm clock to wake up at a time that better-suits your preferences. Why should everyone else have to change their clocks twice a year to accommodate your sleep-cycle preferences?

I do not get to choose the hours society functions. There is a societal benefit to business being conducted in consistent simultaneous timing. We need that to function as a prosperous society.

DST is shifting the time relation to daylight available to allow society to get the most value out of it. Currently society believes that daylight more important after the normal work or school day than before it.