>>Changing the clock does not affect when the sun rises and sets at all.
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Of course. Whenever the sun sets, it will be whatever time the clock is set to, standard or 1 hour earlier (for my time zone). That impacts some people and all the details that surround their sleep.
>>And what’s the big deal anyway? So it gets dark or light on some man made time schedule? It’s an hour. One hour. 60 minutes.
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Light or dark may be of insignificance to some, but it is of great importance to others, and can affect one’s mood and sleep schedules significantly. What affects one person may not affect another. I respect it is not a big deal to you.
At 3pm many people are still out and about, running daytime errands, and don’t wish to be doing so when it is dark. Some have vision challenges and must limit their driving to daylight hours. Reducing their afternoon daylight time is a big deal for them.
>>I don’t care much since I’m now retired, but let’s be real. Put the time back to standard and live with whatever one hour brings.
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Sounds good to me!
>>Changing the clock does not affect when the sun rises and sets at all.
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Of course. Whenever the sun sets, it will be whatever time the clock is set to, standard or 1 hour earlier (for my time zone). That impacts some people and all the details that surround their sleep.
>>And what’s the big deal anyway? So it gets dark or light on some man made time schedule? It’s an hour. One hour. 60 minutes.
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Light or dark may be of insignificance to some, but it is of great importance to others, and can affect one’s mood and sleep schedules significantly. What affects one person may not affect another. I respect it is not a big deal to you.
At 3pm many people are still out and about, running daytime errands, and don’t wish to be doing so when it is dark. Some have vision challenges and must limit their driving to daylight hours. Reducing their afternoon daylight time is a big deal for them.
>>I don’t care much since I’m now retired, but let’s be real. Put the time back to standard and live with whatever one hour brings.
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Sounds good to me!
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Perhaps I sounded a tad trite with my post?
The truth is, when I was working, I hated losing an hours sleep every spring. It was impossible to sleep at my normal “clock” time so I wound up staying up late and waking up early for work. (My husband, a perpetual type “A” loved it, and his cheerfulness in those horrible early mornings somehow compounded my misery)
I was constantly tired for the first month and never really got used to it. I didn’t care if it was dark in the morning or light in the evening, I just wanted my sleep schedule returned to normal.
All this sleep disruption for absolutely nothing - DST no longer served its original purpose, if it ever did, and needs to be abolished.
Anyway, this mini rant is over. Retirement solved everything. I no longer have a dog in this fight 😉