Posted on 03/21/2015 3:29:12 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
States across the country are taking a dim view toward daylight saving time. And some say it's time to turn back the clock -- so to speak.
Lawmakers in 10 states have proposed legislation challenging what, for many, is a twice-a-year headache, and one they just endured again earlier this month. The new bills would mostly have states pick a time ... and stay on that time.
"Every time you have the spring forward or fall back, you get in the coffee shops, churches and everybody's complaining about it and all of a sudden it dawned on me it is kind of a hassle," said Texas state Rep. Dan Flynn, who proposed a bill that would place the entire state of Texas on central standard time year-round.
Beginning in 1966, every state in the country except Arizona and Hawaii started adjusting their clocks under the Uniform Act that permanently established daylight saving time nationwide.
States move their clock back one hour in the fall and one hour ahead in the spring in an effort to "save daylight" with later sunrises and sunsets.
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I agree just pick and stick with it.
Going back and forth twice a year is not good for one’s sanity or health.
Let’s get rid of it.
However, West Texas should still be on Mt Time.
“Every time you have the spring forward or fall back, you get in the coffee shops, churches and everybody’s complaining about it and all of a sudden it dawned on me it is kind of a hassle,” said Texas state Rep. Dan Flynn...”
How is it a hassle?
Almost every clock automatically adjusts itself.
Will we lose that extra hour of sunlight???
Get rid of two time zones while we’re at it as well. Just have Eastern and Western time zones.
I love it, but I’m fine if Texas chooses not to go on DST.
Changing the clocks in NOT a big deal. It’s “a hassle” because people are lazy. If they can’t do it with their TV remote, it’s a hassle.
I like DST, living in the NE.
It was the idiot Markey from MA who extended it.
I have always hated DST.
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Y2K would have been a non-issue had it not been for DST.
Lots of clocks and watches don’t do it automatically.
I’ve lived under both systems, and it’s far better keeping DST.
By the time work ends it’s PITCH BLACK outside.
No thanks.
Obviously you do not have a house of antique clocks. Not ony do I have to set all of the clocks at home (more than 20) I have to set all of the clocks at work, including the time clock. The time clock is a real hassle. My commands to the computer frequently don't "take" and it still reads the old time on Mon. mornings when the employees check in. I keep telling them that the clock keeps their hours in increments, so as long as I don't change it during the day when they are there, it doesn't matter. But I get a lot of complaints anyway.
I like daylight savings time. Up here around the 45th parallel, the sun us rising earlier and earlier after March 1st, and it is better to sleep in until at least 6 or 7 o’clock with DST.
And in the fall, we can still have some daylight up north until about 7 pm in October. Otherwise it would be dark at 6 pm on Halloween.
Destroy it.
Are we as a nation too stupid or lazy to handle such a trivial task?
We adopted “Daylight Savings Time” for a reason, and that reason is as valid today as ever.
Folks enjoy a bit more daylight for summer outdoor activities after returning from work. Barbecuing, baseball, you name it. The alternative would be summer hours for work, maybe 7 to 4 instead of 8 to 5, but as I see it that entails far more hassle and conflict. The US is on Daylight Savings Time for 2/3 of the year already, but if it were made standard year round, there are places that would see nightfall at 3 or 3:30 PM during December and January.
Prepare for another raft of complaints about that nut punch.
Changing time is upsetting for a day or two, but I really like that extra hour of sunlight in the afternoon—especially at this time of year. It’s certainly worth the trouble of adjusting.
Well, if West Texas is on Mountain Time, the means that Austin will be on Lunar Time, right?
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