Sunset at 4:30? In central Indiana? If Y’all were on DST? I don’t think so. According to the sunrise/sunset calendar, January 1st sunrise was at 8:05 AM, sunset was at 5:30 PM. That’s Eastern STANDARD time. If Indiana were on Eastern DAYLIGHT time during January, sunrise and sunset would be an hour later on the clock, not an hour earlier.One thing that we in central Indiana often do not acknowledge is that any affect from time change or DST does not just happen to us on the backside of the time zone, it happens to folks in the middle and at the beginning of a time zone in much different ways.
ATM asked why even change? If we were on permanent DST the December/January sunset would be at 4:30. Probably workable for us, however, for the leading edge of CTZ, they would experience a 3:30 sunset and would likely not consider that workable.
Our time laws are a compromise between folks that live at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of a time zone.
MM
So sunrise at 9:05 AM, sunset at 6:30 PM DST. It’s fair to say a lot of folks would not want the sunrise that late on the clock. But a 6:30 sunset would be just fine for most people. So **** those morning people. *******s.