Daylight Saving Time

[actaeon277]

 

[Ballstater98]

I thought for sure I got all the clocks changed this year. Nope. I always forget one...water softener.

 

[KLB]

Some clocks aren't worth worrying about changing.

 

[chef larry]

Will you look at that? November 3rd 2019 marks the end of Daylight Saving time.

 

[foszoe]

DST is antichrist

 

[femurphy77]

Be careful, hatin' on DST keeps starting earlier and earlier. Pretty soon we'll be hatin' on it two seasons ahead of schedule, kind of like Christmas merchandise coming out in the stores before halloween is over!

 

[jamil]

I’m looking forward to Spring.

 

[Ingomike]

I’m looking forward to Spring.

I am looking forward to the 8:35 pm sunset today as opposed to the 7:35 sunset without DST, and so are the folks driving to the lake after work...

 

[JettaKnight]

I am looking forward to the 8:35 pm sunset today as opposed to the 7:35 sunset without DST, and so are the folks driving to the lake after work...

Well, we could just switch to Central Time and then stop monkeying with clocks... come fall, we could just all agree to not "fall back". (and then never spring forward again)

 

[chef larry]

Well, we could just switch to Central Time and then stop monkeying with clocks... come fall, we could just all agree to not "fall back". (and then never spring forward again)

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

It doesn't matter which time zone we're in, it's the monkeying with the clocks that's less than useless, and I have never seen an excuse for it that wasn't stupid.

 

[chef larry]

Almost time again.

 

[femurphy77]

It doesn't matter which time zone we're in, it's the monkeying with the clocks that's less than useless, and I have never seen an excuse for it that wasn't stupid.

Think of the cows!!!!!

 

[Ingomike]

It doesn't matter which time zone we're in, it's the monkeying with the clocks that's less than useless, and I have never seen an excuse for it that wasn't stupid.

Ever thought maybe the "excuse" wasn't what was "stupid"?

 

[Ingomike]

In reality, DST is an eight-month experiment designed to make life, well, more pleasurable for humans. The basic idea: In the Western world, we typically spend more awake time in the evenings than in the mornings. We also enjoy many benefits from being awake in the sunshine. This National Institutes of Health overview is a good place to read about vitamin D, increased exercise, increased socializing, and overall improvements to mental health that come with sunlight.

Absent DST, for eight months per year our days would not be structured to enjoy the most sunlight possible. Our mornings would be bright and cheerful, but the sun would tend to be set before we leave work each day. This stinks! This gives the average 9-5 adult very little time to enjoy sunlight. So during the spring, summer, and early autumn, we tweak it, just a bit, so that there's more sunlight in the evening. In the winter, we abandon DST, because there just isn't enough sunlight to make a difference. Winter is pretty much a dark hellworld no matter how it's scheduled. Winter DST would give us a very very late sunrise and not enough light in the evening to provide the effects we want.

 

[femurphy77]

 

[Ingomike]

Copy, paste, repeat at every time change...

 

[jamil]

I suggest that since this is a multi-year thread, that maybe what you’ve come here to say has been said, and the people who’ve heard it before might just not take that post you worked so hard on, so seriously.

 

[ATM]

So everyone changes all the schedules and and timekeeping devices twice per year in order to "abandon" DST for 4 months? Dumb spin on a dumb practice!

Is there any benefit associated with these winter "abandonment" changes?

Nope, nothing but nuisance.

So why continue such a nonsense ritual, especially in the modern age?

Nobody knows.

 

[Dead Duck]

Daylight Savings Time?

Not this year.
I got new blinds for the house. I'm staying inside until it passes.