Anyone remember?
I remember when they tried to switch to the metric system.
That didn’t work either.
Indiana was on Standard Time and did not mess with changing our clocks in that era. And Standard Time is what we need, permanently. Just quit with the government making a mess of everything.
I have always hated Daylight Savings Time. It was a canard from the beginning. Time Zones correct much of the problem. Years ago, I had a car accident on my commute because on the the Monday after DST had started on Sunday. I don’t care which time choice we use, pick one and stick with it!
I was in my 20s and I don’t remember
That was the year I graduated High School. I recall the time, but not being necessarily stressed about how dark the dawn was. When you’re in such a situation, one usually just accepts the way nature is presented to you. I was used to boarding the local bus when it was somewhat dark. Oh well. It’s morningtime. Doesn’t stay dark all day.
I remember. Yep, I’m old.
The current proposal is to change to DST all year, just like they tried in 1974. IMHO, we should ditch DST altogether. In the winter, it will get dark earlier in evening, but you won’t have to get up in the dark.
Among other things, there were sensational news articles aplenty about school children being injured or worse while walking to school or waiting for school buses in the dark.
That being said, they might get away with it this time since (1)almost nobody walks to school anymore and (2)school busses come practically to the front door.
All things considered, I think the present system is the least bad option.
It’s too dark in the winter for younger children especially for us to remain on DST all year round, though it is true that fewer walk to school or that far to bus stops these days.
On the other hand, without DST, those closest to the eastern part of their time zones don’t get much sun on their summer evenings. I remember once being in Maine at the end of May, and the sun was just about down at 8:10 p.m.
For example, the latest the sun sets in Boston for the year is 8:25!
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/boston?month=6&year=2022
NO TO DST!!!! Go back to Standard time and stay there!
I would’ve been in third grade in December of ‘73. I vaguely remember this. I recall waking up one morning before school and it was pitch black. With all the hysteria about an alleged energy crisis back then,my first thought was that we were out of electricity!
Could you imagine, then, without DST, the sun would set in Boston at 7:25 p.m. in the third week of June? — which is the latest time it sets for them.
Nope but I remember Nixon's price controls.
No.
But I did hear that the “people” that hated it were not humans, but aliens that looked like humans.
I remember going to school in the dark. I eas in Jr. High (now commonly referred to as “midfle school”)
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nope... local thing???
I remember the kerfuffle, but it is still way better than changing the clocks twice a year.
“USA Time” would apply from Bangor to Barstow... His idea even got traction in Congress, via a bill from US Representative Patsy Mink of Hawaii”
Of course, the one rep who supported it was from a state that the law wouldn’t apply to!
If it is dangerous for kids to get to school in the dark, let the schools adjust their start/end time accordingly.
That way we can still eliminate the stupid clock switching, which also screws up foreign business because the rest of the world does not change their clocks or changes on a different weekend than the US.