It's the Turning Back of the Clocks (days will now be shorter until March)

[SamAdams76]

So one of my favorite times of the year is getting an extra hour of sleep due to giving back the extra hour of daylight that we got back in April.

I'm a big proponent of Daylight Savings Time. Having that extra hour of daylight during warmer months is so important, especially for working people, who really benefit from the longer day.

I don't think I can convey in words how much I love Daylight Savings time and changing the clocks twice a year. It would be a much sadder world if we did not have a way to bring in extra daylight during the summer months.

From about mid May to mid September, I get home from work with ample daylight left and I get to putting a steak on the grill and having a beer or two while sitting on my patio, waiting for the fireflies to come out.

Thank you to Daylight Savings time for making that possible.

But now it's time to give that extra daylight back. Which is okay by me because it's getting too cold to sit out on that patio anyhow.

Starting Monday, I come home to total darkness as our days are now shorter but that's okay. I will be hanging up some Christmas lights (inside) this weekend and that will brighten my mood considerably. I always do Christmas lights floor to ceiling in the house and have them on through Super Bowl Sunday.

So I actually like the shorter days during the winter months. When it is dark and cold outside, you just want to crank up the fireplace, sit in a comfortable chair and spend a few hours reading a good book.

Also tonight, I get that extra hour of sleep as the day is 25 hours long. I wonder what I am going to dream about!

Two of my favorites days of the year is when the clocks change. In April, we make the day longer and in early November, we make the day shorter. All in balance.

Also, the angle of the sun is much lower this time of year so the sunlight comes through the windows most of the day (my condo faces the South). So even though it's colder outside, there is warmth on the inside. And when the sun goes down, the Christmas lights come on. So I can deal.

I have to give special thanks to Benjamin Franklin for coming up with a way to extend the daylight during the warmer months of the year.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Um, no, days will stay the same length, 24 hours. The daylight hours will only be shorter until the winter solstice on December 22. They will then get longer.

[daniel1212]

I live in NE and do not like it getting dark at about 4PM, thank you. I would rather DST be year around in this longitude.

[Thumper1960]

I work in construction, so the length of day is going to make little difference.

[immadashell]

So, let me get this straight, in early November somebody speeds up the rotation of the earth during the time the sun is out and slows it down at night? And then in March this same person does just the opposite?

See? it is so simple.

[daniel1212]

In Florida they passed a bill to make DST year round, like Arizona. Its differentnt in a warmer climate, and most people including the republican governor DeSantis support making DST permanent.

And how much more up North. Here sunset is 4:11 pm Dec. 4...

[etcb]

Since our all powerful government is able to make days longer or shorter by enacting legislation, would not it be of equal or greater benefit to enact legislation changing the temperature to make it warmer during the winter and cooler during the summer.

[Fiddlstix]

[Dilbert San Diego]

Then, If we had DST year round, people would complain the kids are going to school in the morning in the dark. There are pros and cons on both sides depending on which side people choose to be on in this debate.

I really want to know if it saves energy, which was one key justification for it originally.

[I want the USA back]

Pick one and stay with it. No more moving clock dials back or pushing buttons.

[be-baw]

I don’t know if you’re serious or trying to be ironic.

I’m retired. I don’t care what the clock says. If someone somehow can find a way to give me more sunshine, I’m interested.

However, I do like how I get more sunshine in the kitchen during the winter...when the sun shines, that is.

[big'ol_freeper]

I wish they’d either eliminate DST or adopt it year round. I despise the changing of the clocks.

[MagillaX]

So government flexes its muscle and forces a change in time and the people in our country say, how much?

[discostu]

It doesn’t:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/daylight-saving-time-isnt-worth-the-energy-2017-11-02
In Indiana, residential electricity use actually rose after most of the state adopted daylight saving time

[umgud]

Adding and taking away that extra hour has to have a heavy impact on glowbull warming.

[virgil]

The earliest the sun sets around here is about 4:20 pm. On or around December 13, sunset ticks one minute later, but the days continue to get shorter because sunrise is still getting later. By December 31, sunset is back to 4:30pm. By about the end of the first week of January, the days actually start getting longer again minute by minute.

[lilypad]

Still changing clocks here in Florida. Uck.

[Alas Babylon!]

The day gets shorter until the Winter Solstice, Dec 21st.

THEN, they start getting longer until the Summer Solstice, June 21.

[fruser1]

The solution to global warming is to remark our thermometers.

[lilypad]

We were just counting the number of clocks we need to change. 12 plus the two cars. The one clock is one of those chime clocks which reduce my husband to cussing rages twice a year.

[Gay State Conservative]

Without DST,during May/June/July the sun would be bright in the sky at 4AM where I live. I like DST. Yes,it's a bit of a pain when the clocks go forward but it's a price worth paying for the benefits.