****but benefits us greatly by giving us more daylight****
The daylight is not affected by our time clocks - Geez WF, IMHO you are one of the smartest FReepers and I am SHOCKED that you made that comment.
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The best explanation I ever heard about DST was this:
DST is like cutting off one hour (say 12 inches) from one end of a blanklet and sowing it onto the other end of that blanket.
It would be easier to keep the clock as is and businesses/schools, etc., could have ‘summer hours’ and ‘winter hours’ if they thought they needed more daylight time.
In the winter, I needed a longer blanket because my feet got cold. So I cut the top of the blanket off and sewed it on the bottom. In the summer, I cut those threads and re-sew that piece back on the top. It works wonders!!!
No, it's not, and neither should you take my words so literally.
There is a rational basis for advancing and retarding our clocks, which merely help us keep track of the planet's rotation throughout each day.
Humans tend to be herd animals, who are easily trained to follow and obey arbitrary rules, such as fixed numbers on a dial. Instead of taking full advantage of the daylight available in a given season, they'll adjust their daily activities to the arbitrary numbers on a time keeping device. Why? Because all the other sheep do, whether it makes sense or not.
Without daylight savings, I'd have to adjust the schedules of my business and my employees throughout the year, just so we can take full advantage of the available daylight. You want to talk about an inconvenience? That would be murder on my whole industry and all of our customers.