I have never quite grasped the logic behind "springing ahead" to make more daylight during the summer, when the sun stays up longer in the northern hemisphere anyway, and "falling back" in the fall when the sun sets earlier. To me, it would be much more logical to do the opposite. <> The idea is to move the daylight from the early morning to the late evening. Instead of sunrise at 5AM and setting at 8, we get sunrise at 6 and setting at 9. This allows for more evening recreational activities.
SD
This allows for more evening recreational activities Sure, I understand that, but in the winter when the sun goes down at 4:00 PM in some parts of the country, there are school kids walking home in the dark. Wouldn't it make more sense to have the extra hour of daylight then? Where I live, the sun stays up till 9:00 PM in the summer. I could be just as happy if it only stayed up to 8:00 PM.