[Jokelahoma]

I honestly don't know what they think they are accomplishing with that change. They're not getting more daylight, unless they think they can legislate the speed at which the earth rotates. Whether they call it 8 AM, 7 AM, or 40 Bazillion AM, there are still only going to be as many hours of daylight in a day as God allows.

[mplsconservative]

The really bad part is it gets dark so early with the time change.

Sunsets at 4:00 pm in December are depressing.

Guess I need a 'happy lamp.'

[TomGuy]

Exactly.

I'm surprised they didn't legislate that daylight hours will now be 70 minutes and nite hours will be 50 minutes.

Why?

Well....uhhh. Why not?

That makes as much (or little) sense as changing the clocks twice a year.

[Salamander]

"It's always 5 PM 40 Bazillion AM, somewhere".....;D

[conservative in nyc]

I honestly don't know what they think they are accomplishing with that change. They're not getting more daylight

Daylight Savings Time pushes more sunlight into hours during which people are actually awake instead of sleeping. A 5 AM summer sunrise does little to conserve energy, since few people are up. More people are awake at 7 or 8PM and can use the extra hour. Having DST year-round would cause the sun to rise too late in the mornings, potentially endangering kids walking to the school bus.

The time change must be REALLY pointless in Barrow, which will have 0 hours of daylight after mid-November. It's pointless in Hawaii since the state is close enough to the equator that they get 11-13 hours of daylight every day.

[RockinRight]

I know that from a conservative standpoint, I should hate DST.

However, being that I am so NOT a morning person...I do like the "later" sunset in summer (here it's 9:03PM on June 21 instead of 8:03 if still on standard time.) I realize nothing REALLY changes but if the "official" clocks are what my company goes by, and I get home at 7, that means in summer I have TWO more hours of light...not just one...after work.

Yeah, yeah...I know the sunrise would be earlier, but unless Ronald Reagan is reincarnated and will be in my backyard at 4:55 AM, there's no way I'm gonna be up then!!