[Svartalfiar]

They (gov’t) take one hour away 7 months(Spring) of the year and add one hour 5 months(Fall) of the year.

If they only would balance the year, 6 months spring forward and 6 months fall back. No, we actually lose one hour for approximately one month, 30 hours, roughly a loss of 1.4 days a year. We lose this time every single year.

Huh? Your math is waaaaaay off. In spring, you lose one hour, one single time. In Fall, you get that hour back, one single time. You aren't subtracting an hour every day during DST, only that one time for the offset. That said, DST is retarded and should be completely eliminated.

[HypatiaTaught]

In Fall, you get that hour back, one single time.
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This would be true if spring forward was for 6 months and fall back was for 6 months. This use to be the case, but over the last twenty years, the time periods have changed.

In March, we spring forward an hour.
In November we fall back an hour.

From March till November is a 7 months time period
From November to March is a 5 months time period

It is not divided equally as 6 months of one and 6 months of the other.

The net difference of the current setup is one month deficit.

You don’t get the hour back if the months are not balanced.

Tell me where I am wrong.

[HypatiaTaught]

One more thought...

Another reason to Hate Bush!

On Monday August 8, 2005 President Bush signed into law a broad energy bill (Energy Policy Act of 2005) that extended Daylight Saving Time by four weeks beginning in 2007. ... Previously, Daylight Saving Time started on the first Sunday in April and ended on the last Sunday in October.

This is the reason we are off by one month.

BOOM!