POLL: Should we do away with daylight savings?

[TitanDiddly]

Pros: No more confusion. It's the time that it is, with no switching around and some areas that follow it and some that don't.
It's bound to get retired at some point, better now than later.
You will have an excuse to be exactly one hour late to work. two days per year, for a few years.


Cons:
Much confusion directly surrounding the switchover date, and the traditional switch over dates for a few years. Many computer systens will continue to go by the calendar they have until patched, which could lead to problems. Non-internet accessible machines may have the wrong time forever and ever if not patched.

 

[minendo]

Sure. Indiana has and we can all see how well the state is doing. Public education is the worst in the country (Georgia doesn't count), everyone is a fat bastard, and we have the beautiful city of Gary.

 

[eakers]

absolutely not.
it was pitch black when i left my house this morning. without daylight savings time it would get even worse throughout the winter

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: minendo
Sure. Indiana has and we can all see how well the state is doing. Public education is the worst in the country (Georgia doesn't count), everyone is a fat bastard, and we have the beautiful city of Gary.

Are you sure it's not just you dragging everyone else down to your level? 😛

 

[Tom]

8:00 should always be dawn and dusk. Make adjustments from there, every day.

 

[Ynog]

Originally posted by: eakers
absolutely not.
it was pitch black when i left my house this morning. without daylight savings time it would get even worse throughout the winter

Edit Clarify

We are on daylight savings time now. So during the winter, its not going to matter. Clocks get set back to the daylight standard time. What daylight savings time does is give more sun in the end of the day vs the beginning.

Since the clocks are set back. 7am becoming 6am. When you get up at 8am regular time now, its like you got up at 9am during Daylight savings time. Meaning you gain morning sun. So if you want more sun in the morning you want to get rid of daylight saving time.

in april, when you set the clocks forward.
7am becomes 8am. Meaning that 8pm DST is more like 7pm regular. Which means you are gaining sun in the end of the day.

 

[FoBoT]

what is wrong with it?

 

[ggnl]

Originally posted by: eakers
absolutely not.
it was pitch black when i left my house this morning. without daylight savings time it would get even worse throughout the winter

I think you got it backwards, it gets light an hour earlier without daylight savings.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: ggnl

Originally posted by: eakers
absolutely not.
it was pitch black when i left my house this morning. without daylight savings time it would get even worse throughout the winter

I think you got it backwards, it gets light an hour earlier without daylight savings.

No, she doesn't. Since you back up, you get 7am daylight at 6am.

 

[DurocShark]

8am should be 8am, regardless of the time of year. :|

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: ggnl

Originally posted by: eakers
absolutely not.
it was pitch black when i left my house this morning. without daylight savings time it would get even worse throughout the winter

I think you got it backwards, it gets light an hour earlier without daylight savings.

No, she doesn't. Since you back up, you get 7am daylight at 6am.

wait... when you switch to day light saving time don't you move the hour forward? so you actually leave earlier in the morning for the same clock time in day light saving

 

[DBL]

I think there are reasons for Daylight Savings other than the obvious such as energy conservation and other cost savings. I recall something similar coming up before. Someone can point to a website detailing the real reasons for the switch.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: ggnl

Originally posted by: eakers
absolutely not.
it was pitch black when i left my house this morning. without daylight savings time it would get even worse throughout the winter

I think you got it backwards, it gets light an hour earlier without daylight savings.

No, she doesn't. Since you back up, you get 7am daylight at 6am.

wait... when you switch to day light saving time don't you move the hour forward? so you actually leave earlier in the morning for the same clock time in day light saving

Er...yeah. I was just referring to the upcoming time change. Never mind. 😕

At any rate, I'd rather have the extra daylight at night so I can actually get things done after work.

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by: DBL
I think there are reasons for Daylight Savings other than the obvious such as energy conservation and other cost savings. I recall something similar coming up before. Someone can point to a website detailing the real reasons for the switch.

I think it's because littel kids waiting for the bus get run over in the dark.

 

[Tiamat]

I say No. It is particularly helpful up in the northeast US because it adjusts to the sun - no superbright sunny early mornings etc. Or super dark fall mornigns for that matter...

 

[DBL]

Originally posted by: Tom

Originally posted by: DBL
I think there are reasons for Daylight Savings other than the obvious such as energy conservation and other cost savings. I recall something similar coming up before. Someone can point to a website detailing the real reasons for the switch.

I think it's because littel kids waiting for the bus get run over in the dark.

Here

Pretty Good Explanation

 

[broon]

Definately not. In the summer (on daylight savings) the sun comes up before 6:30 am and sets around 9 pm. If we don't do daylight savings the sun would rise around 5:30 am and set around 8 pm. No thanks.

 

[eplebnista]

Yes

 

[Chaotic42]

Yes.

 

[BatmanNate]

Axe it.

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: broon
Definately not. In the summer (on daylight savings) the sun comes up before 6:30 am and sets around 9 pm. If we don't do daylight savings the sun would rise around 5:30 am and set around 8 pm. No thanks.

Yep, and there are places near timezone edges where it already gets light at 4:30AM in the summer, without daylight savings it would be getting light at 3:30AM. :shocked:

 

[IGBT]

...lets all switch to zulu time UTC...

 

[glugglug]

I believe we should switch to a 25-hour day, and just ignore the light/dark outside.

 

[Zee]

daylight saving saves electricity. Keep it.

Daylight time begins in the United States on the first Sunday in April and ends on the last Sunday in October. Not all places in the U.S. observe daylight time. In particular, Arizona, Hawaii, and most of Indiana do not use it.

History of Daylight Time in the U.S.
Although standard time in time zones was instituted in the U.S. and Canada by the railroads in 1883, it was not established in U.S. law until the Act of March 19, 1918, sometimes called the Standard Time Act. The act also established daylight saving time, a contentious idea then. Daylight saving time was repealed in 1919, but standard time in time zones remained in law. Daylight time became a local matter. It was re-established nationally early in World War II, and was continuously observed from 9 February 1942 to 20 September 1945. After the war its use varied among states and localities. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 provided standardization in the dates of beginning and end of daylight time in the U.S. but allowed for local exemptions from its observance. The act provided that daylight time begin on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October, with the changeover to occur at 2 a.m. local time.

During the "energy crisis" years, Congress enacted earlier starting dates for daylight time. In 1974, daylight time began on 6 January and in 1975 it began on 23 February. After those two years the starting date reverted back to the last Sunday in April. In 1986, a law was passed permanently shifting the starting date of daylight time to the first Sunday in April, beginning in 1987. The ending date of daylight time has not been subject to such changes, and has remained the last Sunday in October.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Tom
8:00 should always be dawn and dusk. Make adjustments from there, every day.

So... the length of seconds, minutes and hours should be adjusted on a day by day basis on the 99% of days that do not have exactly 12 hours of daylight? 😛

Whatever time system allows us to use the least energy (i.e. most hours of daylight when people are awake) is what I think we should use.

Really, is daylight saving time that difficult for people to handle? It blows my mind that we even need to discuss it.