Daylight Saving Time

[DoggyDaddy]

 

[jamil]

We in Indiana have tried most of the possible options. To me this seems best. If people did not beef about changing clocks they would be complaining about how the TV schedule is messed up, or their zoom meeting times are screwed up vs those that do change. Then there is the whole computer time issue, the Indiana non uniformity would need to be programed into every software with a time feature.

Set meeting times and tv schedules in UTC.

 

[chef larry]

Still going since 2014 and always interesting comments.

 

[Ingomike]

Set meeting times and tv schedules in UTC.

If everything went to UTC it would defeat the purpose of DST…

 

[Ingomike]

Still going since 2014 and always interesting comments.

One of my favorite threads. Thanks for originating it…

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Can't wait for those beautiful lunchtime sunrises...

 

[jamil]

If everything went to UTC it would defeat the purpose of DST…

 

[Ingomike]

Can't wait for those beautiful lunchtime sunrises...

If football was played in the summer you could almost get a game in before sunset…

 

[Ingomike]

Can't wait for those beautiful lunchtime sunrises...

Of course I stopped having bedtimes before sunset a loong time ago…. LOL

 

[JEBland]

No, but how would that work? We just invent our own time zone?

Sure. India is a half-integer (0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, etc) hours difference away from GMT (fine, UTC). As their main bonus from it, that weird schedule allows them all to be on one time zone and still roughly in line with the countries around them, which is pretty cool for India IMO but wouldn't work for the US. They also skip DST along with a great number of countries in the world. There are criticisms of this even in India, but I think it's a pretty good system for a relatively narrow country.

We in Indiana have tried most of the possible options. To me this seems best. If people did not beef about changing clocks they would be complaining about how the TV schedule is messed up, or their zoom meeting times are screwed up vs those that do change. Then there is the whole computer time issue, the Indiana non uniformity would need to be programed into every software with a time feature.

I agree. Of course, if we did it, we could try to get the rest of the country on board for a couple of years before making the actual switch. It seems like the easiest solution to me for the everyday person - Sure the people who code time zones have something to worry about, but so what, we didn't die from Y2K.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Of course I stopped having bedtimes before sunset a loong time ago…. LOL

My work start time (4:30 a.m.) doesn't change, so my bed time doesn't change. Thank goodness for light-blocking curtains.

 

[Ingomike]

Sure. India is a half-integer (0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, etc) hours difference away from GMT (fine, UTC). As their main bonus from it, that weird schedule allows them all to be on one time zone and still roughly in line with the countries around them, which is pretty cool for India IMO but wouldn't work for the US. They also skip DST along with a great number of countries in the world. There are criticisms of this even in India, but I think it's a pretty good system for a relatively narrow country.


I agree. Of course, if we did it, we could try to get the rest of the country on board for a couple of years before making the actual switch. It seems like the easiest solution to me for the everyday person - Sure the people who code time zones have something to worry about, but so what, we didn't die from Y2K.

You don’t like the later sunset relative to typical working hours? An extra hour of whatever you like to do in sunlight after work? I love it! That is why I am such a proponent of DST. Not a morning person. Besides you cannot drink alcohol all day if you do not start in the morning and I am never starting Bloody Mary’s at 4:30 with DD…

 

[Ingomike]

Thank goodness for light-blocking curtains.

I use them to sleep in. LOL

 

[JEBland]

You don’t like the later sunset relative to typical working hours? An extra hour of whatever you like to do in sunlight after work? I love it! That is why I am such a proponent of DST. Not a morning person. Besides you cannot drink alcohol all day if you do not start in the morning and I am never starting Bloody Mary’s at 4:30 with DD…

Not gonna lie... I hate the late sunsets of Indiana summers. I'm originally from NJ (and have 0 intention of settling down there) - I do enjoy the nice bright mornings. Early sunset on the East Coast? No problem: Boardwalk. Personally, I would hope that changing that and having 8ish PM sunsets would actually bolster some family-friendly nightlife showing up. As far as day drinking,to quote my old man "If you have to put time limits on your drinking, then you know you have a problem."

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I use them to sleep in. LOL

Wish I could. For the past couple of weeks, I've been waking up at 03:00. Thankfully, even when I'm working, I'm working from home, so I can get in a nap on my lunch break. In fact, that's what I use my lunch break for. I can work and eat at the same time.

 

[Ingomike]

Not gonna lie... I hate the late sunsets of Indiana summers. I'm originally from NJ (and have 0 intention of settling down there) - I do enjoy the nice bright mornings. Early sunset on the East Coast? No problem: Boardwalk. Personally, I would hope that changing that and having 8ish PM sunsets would actually bolster some family-friendly nightlife showing up. As far as day drinking,to quote my old man "If you have to put time limits on your drinking, then you know you have a problem."

Never going to get 8ish sunsets here, unless we were on CST year round.

 

[JEBland]

Never going to get 8ish sunsets here, unless we were on CST year round.

Yeah, but we could get 8:30ish which would be nice. It's a little unnerving how late the sun sets here in summer - Feels like a trap.

 

[Ingomike]

Yeah, but we could get 8:30ish which would be nice. It's a little unnerving how late the sun sets here in summer - Feels like a trap.

Over the years since we went to DST I have used that extra hour so much. I have used it when I was seriously cycling 5000 miles a year, playing golf, late business appointments, and the two years I took care of my friends small farm when he was fighting cancer. Just so much I have been able to do because it.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Never going to get 8ish sunsets here, unless we were on CST year round.

Sure we would. We get 9+ish sunsets with DST, so we'd get 8+ish without.

 

[Ingomike]

Sure we would. We get 9+ish sunsets with DST, so we'd get 8+ish without.

Our late sunsets in late June are 9:16 this year…