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Agreed. Either pick standard time or go one hour ahead and have the clocks stay there. I prefer standard time but if we go either way and it stays that way, I’m all for it.

There are probably several reasons for it, but I remember two in particular. One had to do with not sending Elenetary School kids and them being in the dark when travelling either to or from school.

The second one had to do with energy savings, overall.

Now, both of those would not be a fact -- if only -- people themselves, all businesses, schools and government offices and so on -- all adjusted their starting times at different times of the year, and simply "go with the sun".

BUT, people and businesses and schools don't do that, so the government simply changes the clocks across the board -- which accomplishes the same thing as people doing it themselves, except that they won't... LOL ...

I remember during the oil embargo in 1973/74, we had DST all year round. I remember walking to the bus stop for school, I was in first grade, with a flashlight. We all had fun, playing "German Spotlight," using flashlights for Star Trek phasers and so on. It was a load of fun.

Yeah, maybe if things were that bad, society could adapt and change the times a bit to suit the sun. I think as an energy saver, it doesn't work, it is like robbing Peter to pay Paul, sooner or later, you have to pay Peter back.

I remember as a kid, TV shows had two feeds, one for Eastern and Central Time where Prime Time was 8 PM in the Eastern Zone and 7 in Central. I remember going down to Texas to see my cousins and things were an hour back. Here in Pittsburgh, "Wonder Woman" might have been on at 8 PM but it came on at 7 PM in Beaumont, Texas. They also had 10 PM news instead of 11 PM. Out West, you had Mountain and Pacific time, Mountain was an hour later, IIRC, their prime time was 9 PM and Pacific was 8 PM IIRC. I wonder if it is still like that.

Well, here is a quick run down on why...

Adding daylight to afternoons benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours,[3] but causes problems for farming, evening entertainment and other occupations tied to the sun.[4][5] Traffic fatalities are reduced when there is extra afternoon daylight;[6] its effect on health and crime is less clear. Although an early goal of DST was to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting, formerly a primary use of electricity,[7] modern heating and cooling usage patterns differ greatly, and research about how DST currently affects energy use is limited and often contradictory.[8]

DST's occasional clock shifts present other challenges. They complicate timekeeping, and can disrupt meetings, travel, billing, recordkeeping, medical devices, heavy equipment,[9] and sleep patterns.[10] Software can often adjust computer clocks automatically, but this can be limited and error-prone, particularly when DST rules change.