Mixed Feelings On Extended Daylight-Saving Time

Associated Press ^ | Jul 29, 2005 3:24 pm US/Pacific

[AggieCPA]

I agree with you - I don't know what all the whining is for. I would much rather have more daylight in the evening. I hate sitting at work and having it get dark before I even leave.

I wish we had DST all year.

[savedbygrace]

Change it by 1/2 hour year 'round and be done with it.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

"DST is stupid, move to Arizona or Hawaii, we don't do that crap."

Or, if you really want to be confused, move to Indiana where half the state goes on DST (Central Time Zone), the other half doesn't (Eastern Time Zone) - except where they make other exceptions (as in the southern part of the state north of Louisville, KY).

Personally, I like DST and could like it year around. I don't mind getting up in the dark in the winter - it is dark with or without DST, so lights will burn in the morning either way. I like the extra waking hour of daylight in the evening. That saves some electricity use for lighting in those early evening hours that would be dark if on Standard Time.

[Lancey Howard]

I love daylight savings time.
If it was up to me, it would be year-round.

[Central Scrutiniser]

It may be fine where you live, but in the desert southwest, its damned stupid.

One of the few independent things we have left in AZ.

[The South Texan]

No problems here because it allows me time to come home after work and get all of my yardwork, car work, etc. done on weekdays so I can sit on my rear end and watch football on Saturdays and Sundays.

I LOVE IT!

[BenLurkin]

I guess the internet wasn't around then for the malcontents to post about the subject.

The whole "free speach" thing is confusing isn't it?

[Cobra64]

It's not a big deal but you will have to manually change the clock on your computer or it would be wrong for half the year.

My operating system does this auto-magically. BTW, I still have to re-adjust my watch twice a year.

Then when I travel to Europe, I have to set it to GMT. Oh, I am so mentally stretched. I can't stand it!!

[BenLurkin]

I wish we had DST all year.

Works for me. Let's do it!

[BenLurkin]

Works for me. Let's do it!

[little jeremiah]

My sentiments exactly. Why can't they leave the freaking clocks alone? It makes absolutely no sense at all. So people have to use lights longer in the morning.

The idiots in DC just need to feel as though they're earning their money.

And doing harm while they suck our tax money.

[BenLurkin]

Change it by 1/2 hour year 'round and be done with it.

Best suggestion yet.

[BenLurkin]

You buying me the ticket?

[pepsi_junkie]

Until the invention of the mechanical clock, people divided time into twelve hours of daylight, and night. Since the length of the daylight changes through the year, the length of an hour varied too, since there were always twelve hours from dawn to dusk. And since the length of an hour was based on sunlight, there was no effort to divide night into hours, it was just night. The ecclesiatical demands of the middle ages drove a need for precise time measurement so masses could be observed by monks at the proper hours, night and day. And thus we get a 24 hour clock with fixed length hours no matter what the sun is doing.

The trouble with the use of fixed length hours that dont track with daylight hours as they had for most of history is that our schedules dont stay in synch with the sunlight anymore, and we spend half the year either going to work in the dark or coming home in it, or both. Thus I see daylght savings time as merely a way to try to make our clock fit the real world, much like leap years do for years, not as intrusive big government.

[Nam Vet]

Oct '67 - Oct '68 here. Delta and Cambodian border. Say 'HI' to your Dad from me. We are Bros.

Nam Vet

[Doctor Stochastic]

The clock in my car USED to be correct 6 months a year.

The clock in my car is correct twice a day.

[ZOTnot]

The farm reality, (at least in the South):

They get up early to collect the eggs, feed the chickens, 'slop the hogs', milk the cows, weed the vegetable garden, cut the hay, 'put up' the hay, feed the cattle, and cook the meals, keeping in mind that as the day progresses, it begins to get HOT. Chores are done by the time the heat sets in.

Breakfast and dinner (lunch) are 'heavy', while supper (evening meal) is 'light' because it is too hot to cook by that time of day.

I don't know too many 'farm people' who believe that the day will have an extra hour of sunlight, but they do appreciate the re-ordering of time moving more to 'AM' and keeping less for 'PM'.

City-folk, on the other hand, have differing priorities, perhaps....

[savedbygrace]

Pass it on.

[PizzaDriver]

The following was written to my State Rep {in Nebraska}...
The "wise folks" in DC have told use that 4 More Weeks of DST will save $$$.

Who's Money {Corporate, Home Owner, Renter}? Which Climate Zone {Gulf Coast, Alaska, ours}?

When DST started, less than 20% of Omaha homes or apartments had AC. A much smaller Metro Omaha supported 10 "Drive In" Movie Screens; now it supports ONE {it's in Iowa}.

In "post DST Omaha", Charities {like the Salvation Army} must BEG for FANS. These Fans are to be given to the working poor & those who Can't Work. For the "working poor", their bedrooms need artificial cooling to compensate for the delayed Sunset.

DST doesn't help average folks. It adds 1 of the hottest hours of any July Day to their Home AC Bill.

When Ben Franklin originated the Idea; it was to save on Candles & Whale Oil. Cooling was NOT part of the Equazition!

In 2007, 4 weeks of Autumn or Early Spring will be added to DST. That's 4 more weeks of dark & dangerous Mornings for "bus riders" {School or Mass Transit}.

If I had your Position; I'd offer a Bill to Remove the "Central Time Zone Portion of Nebraska " from DST.

For the "DST Months", our whole State would be on the Same Clock.

For the "DST Months", the Iowa & Nebraska Bars would close at the same TIME! 1 AM CT =2 AM DCT.

DST isn't an Idea that helps "the working poor"..