Daylight Saving Time

[IndyBeerman]

But I still think that UTC would eventually be more convenient for everyone, but getting to that point would be as hard as converting the US to the metric system. It's just not gonna happen. Once you have a complicated system to deal with a complicated problem, it's complicated to change it, even if that means simplifying it. Y2K employed a **** ton of people and that was only to remove 2-character dates from various systems. Decoupling time zones from time tracking systems would be monumental.

My best friend is a programmer, I remember 6 months prior to Y2K, it was sheer madness for him and the old company he used to work for to fix this issue.

 

[AtTheMurph]

My point is that the "dark at 5pm" a) doesn't actually happen, technically speaking, b) even as a general time range, is an issue for, at most, 2 1/2 months out of the year, and c) most importantly, is not mitigated by shifting clocks during the summer.

Dark is a relative term. 20 minutes before sunset in the winter in Indiana is pretty dark and added to the fact that most winter days in Indiana have heavy cloud clover (61% of days on average).

In summer we don't need to shift the clocks. We don't need to shift them in winter either. We should just leave them on EDT 365 days a year.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Dark is a relative term. 20 minutes before sunset in the winter in Indiana is pretty dark and added to the fact that most winter days in Indiana have heavy cloud clover (61% of days on average).

In summer we don't need to shift the clocks. We don't need to shift them in winter either. We should just leave them on EDT 365 days a year.

Why Eastern time? There is no reason to be two hours away from actual time.

 

[IndyBeerman]

How about we have a consensus.....

We're all going to agree that we all disagree and just leave it at that.

Biotch to ourselves about it.

We as gunowners have bigger things we need to worry about than DST.

 

[IndyDave1776]

How about we have a consensus.....

We're all going to agree that we all disagree and just leave it at that.

Biotch to ourselves about it.

We as gunowners have bigger things we need to worry about than DST.

Are you sure? While I agree that we have more immediate concerns I see all of the above stemming from arbitrary and capricious acts of government exceeding its proper boundaries.

 

[chipbennett]

Dark is a relative term. 20 minutes before sunset in the winter in Indiana is pretty dark and added to the fact that most winter days in Indiana have heavy cloud clover (61% of days on average).

In summer we don't need to shift the clocks. We don't need to shift them in winter either. We should just leave them on EDT 365 days a year.

You'll certainly get no argument from me regarding not shifting clocks. I am in the "pick a time and leave it" camp.

 

[jamil]

Why Eastern time? There is no reason to be two hours away from actual time.

Time is a social construct, therefore actual time is a social construct too.

 

[BugI02]

Time is a social construct, therefore actual time is a social construct too.

Awktuwally, I believe the current thinking is that time is discontinuous and quantized, so it would be quite real rather than a social construct

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

You'll certainly get no argument from me regarding not shifting clocks. I am in the "pick a time and leave it" camp.

I am of the same opinion.

 

[churchmouse]

How about we have a consensus.....

We're all going to agree that we all disagree and just leave it at that.

Biotch to ourselves about it.

We as gunowners have bigger things we need to worry about than DST.

Thank God one of you peoples see this for what it is. If and when we finally focus our attentions on the "REAL" problems we face and stop arguing about changing our GD clocks twice a year we might just gain some momentum.

Its a clock change. Woopie.

 

[actaeon277]

I vote for sunset at 3 AM.
That way, think of all the things people can get done after work.

 

[Ingomike]

I vote for sunset at 3 AM.
That way, think of all the things people can get done after work.

WOW! That would do it.

 

[foszoe]

Time is a social construct, therefore actual time is a social construct too.

So this is actually a social justice thread? ! ?

 

[jamil]

Awktuwally, I believe the current thinking is that time is discontinuous and quantized, so it would be quite real rather than a social construct

What I should have said is "keeping of time". You know. Calendars. Clocks. Time zones. Whatever.

 

[jamil]

Thank God one of you peoples see this for what it is. If and when we finally focus our attentions on the "REAL" problems we face and stop arguing about changing our GD clocks twice a year we might just gain some momentum.

Its a clock change. Woopie.

We've been *****ing about changing clocks in this thread since 2014. 7 years! I guess it's almost an INGO semi-annual tradition. The discussion seems to be lingering a little longer than usual though. Probably people should take it a little less seriously. *****ing about it sure isn't going to change anything.

 

[foszoe]

Well it is a conversation that breaks along different lines than most on here so its an entertaining side show

 

[jamil]

Well it is a conversation that breaks along different lines than most on here so its an entertaining side show

Exactly. This is a thread where INGO gets to argue about stuff and not have it upset them.

 

[BugI02]

Obligatory bump

Warming it up for my brother

 

[Ingomike]

Obligatory bump

Warming it up for my brother

Just had to didn’t you. LOL…

 

[Hatin Since 87]

*****ing about it sure isn't going to change anything.

wait, aren’t we bitching because we don’t want to change anything?