I know I’m in a minority here but I happen to like changing the clock. It’s traditional and I love that. What difference does it make to those who rampage about it every year? The people in this country are such spoiled brats; according to them, everything must be changed because....well because they say so. Just MHO
It's a silly tradition and one that affects people physiologically because we're wired to nature and have been for millennia.
Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, was the first city in the world to enact DST, on July 1, 1908.[7][8] This was followed by Orillia, Ontario, introduced by William Sword Frost while mayor from 1911 to 1912.[33] The first states to adopt DST (German: Sommerzeit) nationally were those of the German Empire and its World War I ally Austria-Hungary commencing on April 30, 1916, as a way to conserve coal during wartime. Britain, most of its allies, and many European neutrals soon followed. Russia and a few other countries waited until the next year, and the United States adopted daylight saving in 1918. Most jurisdictions abandoned DST in the years after the war ended in 1918, with exceptions including Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, and the United States.[34] It became common during World War II (some countries adopted double summer time), and was standardized in the U.S. by federal law in 1966, and widely adopted in Europe from the 1970s as a result of the 1970s energy crisis. Since then, the world has seen many enactments, adjustments, and repeals.[35]
It’s a common myth in the United States that DST was first implemented for the benefit of farmers.[36][37][38] In reality, farmers have been one of the strongest lobbying groups against DST since it was first implemented.[36][37][38] The factors that influence farming schedules, such as morning dew and dairy cattle's readiness to be milked, are ultimately dictated by the sun, so the time change introduces unnecessary challenges.[36][38][39]
DST was first implemented in the U.S. with the Standard Time Act of 1918, a wartime measure for 7 months during World War I in the interest of adding more daylight hours to conserve energy resources.[40][39] Year-round DST, or "War Time", was implemented again during World War II.[40] After the war, local jurisdictions were free to choose if and when to observe DST until the Uniform Time Act which standardized DST in 1966.[40][41] Permanent daylight saving time was enacted for the winter of 1974, but there were complaints of children going to school in the dark and working people commuting and starting their work day in pitch darkness during the winter, and it was repealed a year later.
1) Canadian Tradition?
2) "adding more daylight hours" - "a way to conserve coal during wartime"
I don't think the sun responds with more daylight hours because we change our clocks.
Permanent daylight saving time was enacted for the winter of 1974, but there were complaints of children going to school in the dark and working people commuting and starting their work day in pitch darkness during the winter, and it was repealed a year later.
That happens to many just due to day length. Again, changing the clocks does not make the day longer. A less nonsensical approach would be for businesses and schools to adjust their hours to the SUN and DAY LENGTH.
It was almost getting dark before I got home at 7pm and was already dark when I left at 5am. Now it's going to be light on my way home but not for long. In another month or two it will be dark in both directions and adjusting a clock won't change that.