Daylight Savings Time

[hernietan]

Can someone explain what Daylight Savings Time is?

 

[Rakewell]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=daylight+savings+time+wikipedia

 

[Mixolydian]

More natural light in the evening during summer.

 

[Krazy4Real]

It helps save daylight. Duh!

 

[JTsyo]

It causes global warming since there are more daylight hours.

 

[hernietan]

oh, thanks guys, any more inputs? I need a long description about it.. samples etc.

 

[lupi]

An outdated premise that screws most of us over along with keeping all these time zones.

 

[FoBoT]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Daylight+Savings+Time


BTW, it is Daylight Saving Time , not "Savings"

 

[FoBoT]

dp

 

[BoomerD]

oh, thanks guys, any more inputs? I need a long description about it.. samples etc.

Do your own fucking homework...

 

[Ichinisan]

Do your own fucking homework...

This. Seriously. How hard is it to Google for "DST" and read the Wiki page?

 

[blackdogdeek]

it harkens back to the revolutionary period during which the colonies attempted to throw off british intelligence spies by slightly altering agreed upon times for strategic placements thereby confusing the enemy into being exactly one hour late for all engagements. every summer we commemorate this strategy by similarly enacting such a time shift, originally on the day of our independence, 4 july, but more recently on arbitrarily different dates to celebrate other important dates in our country's history. the end of daylight saving time always falls on 23 september which is the date america formally seceded from the british empire by ratifying the declaration of independence.

 

[Ichinisan]

it harkens back to the revolutionary period during which the colonies attempted to throw off british intelligence spies by slightly altering agreed upon times for strategic placements thereby confusing the enemy into being exactly one hour late for all engagements. every summer we commemorate this strategy by similarly enacting such a time shift, originally on the day of our independence, 4 july, but more recently on arbitrarily different dates to celebrate other important dates in our country's history. the end of daylight saving time always falls on 23 september which is the date america formally seceded from the british empire by ratifying the declaration of independence.

troll

 

[MovingTarget]

OP, where are you from that you are not familiar with daylight savings time?

 

[Jeff7]

it harkens back to the revolutionary period during which the colonies attempted to throw off british intelligence spies by slightly altering agreed upon times for strategic placements thereby confusing the enemy into being exactly one hour late for all engagements. every summer we commemorate this strategy by similarly enacting such a time shift, originally on the day of our independence, 4 july, but more recently on arbitrarily different dates to celebrate other important dates in our country's history. the end of daylight saving time always falls on 23 september which is the date america formally seceded from the british empire by ratifying the declaration of independence.

We've all been through elementary school history classes. That was right after Washingtron Prime crossed the Delaware Interstate.

 

[blackdogdeek]

troll

yes, actually.

if the OP can't be bothered to do his own research, then he can expect less than serious replies.

 

[BoomerD]

it harkens back to the revolutionary period during which the colonies attempted to throw off british intelligence spies by slightly altering agreed upon times for strategic placements thereby confusing the enemy into being exactly one hour late for all engagements. every summer we commemorate this strategy by similarly enacting such a time shift, originally on the day of our independence, 4 july, but more recently on arbitrarily different dates to celebrate other important dates in our country's history. the end of daylight saving time always falls on 23 september which is the date america formally seceded from the british empire by ratifying the declaration of independence.

An excellent example of how the winners write the history books...

 

[hernietan]

(sigh) search engines are block here in the office... just preparing my stuff before i go out of this.

 

[wischeez]

Read this: http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/

 

[Red Squirrel]

Daylight saving time was actually influenced by Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. I forget the whole story but basically at certain times of the day when they were done work they needed it to be a very specific darkness level so their experiments could work. With DST this time occurred while they were back from work. This eventually lead to the invention of the light bulb, the toaster and nyan cat pop tarts.

We still do it today in memory of them and to celebrate the things they invented.

 

[DrPizza]

Can someone explain what Daylight Savings Time is?

Sure.

Daylight Savings Time is a phrase that idiots use when they don't realize that the actual name is Daylight Saving Time. Note: saving is singular, not plural.

/thread

(If you feel compelled to do so, you can now make this thread about explaining Daylight Saving Time.)

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Daylight saving time was actually influenced by Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. I forget the whole story but basically at certain times of the day when they were done work they needed it to be a very specific darkness level so their experiments could work. With DST this time occurred while they were back from work. This eventually lead to the invention of the light bulb, the toaster and nyan cat pop tarts.

We still do it today in memory of them and to celebrate the things they invented.

Like concrete houses and that marvelous little gadget that cloned Wolverines.

 

[sao123]

 

[IGBT]

Benjamin Franklin is often credited with inventing the concept of daylight saving time, on the principle of conserving candles. However, a closer look at this popular tale reveals cause for skepticism. Franklin's paper was actually a satire poking fun at the partying lifestyle of Parisians, not a serious recommendation. It was a letter written in 1784 for the Journal de Paris in which he proposed firing cannons at sunrise to wake people up and break them from their nocturnal habits. To justify this, he suggested that sleeping instead of burning candles all night long would save Parisians 64 million pounds of candle wax over six months.

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4172

 

[Ben90]

OP, where are you from that you are not familiar with daylight savings time?

Ben90 here representing Arizona.:thumbsup: