Very much agree.
I don’t think POTUS can do anything about it. Isn’t it a state matter?
Off by one day. March 12th.
I’m against DST because it makes the birds start chirping an hour earlier.
Close. We should simply be on DST year-round.
And kids shouldn’t be dragged to school at 7 am.
I love daylight savings. Now I can get a late tee time and actually finish my round. I don’t care if it’s dark when I get up and don’t have time to enjoy the outdoors. Now we can enjoy after dinner swims and bike rides!
Permanent daylight savings for me.
I’ve always thought DST was some kind of misguided scheme to manipulate the sun rising and setting via the appearance (like lemmings/ostriches might observe) about the actual effect.
The problem with it is that you can manipulate to your liking what happens on one end (sunrise or sunset) very nicely if you can all agree, but you cannot manipulate BOTH. And therein lies the rub (as William would say) !
We have DST because more of us like it than do not.
A single, worldwide time zone has been in place for many years in Aviation and other industries: it’s galled Zulu Time (military) or GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). All on a 24-hour clock.
I write computer applications. DST causes issues with payroll, invoicing, dispatching, etc. It is easier to store the information in GMT and then covert it to whatever timezone you need for the screen/reports.
I wish they would do away with it.
The Fall back is ok but the Spring forward is awfull. Maybe a week off in Spring should be mandated.
The examples provided in the article, increased energy usage etc, also demonstrate that DST is beneficial to business across the board.
What is strange at least for me is the clock on my computer changed by TWO hours, not just one. I hope that was a problem only for me.
Changing the clocks is dumb. Keep dst all year.
How about we split the difference? We’ll be a half hour off from the rest of the world, but off ‘em. Just set your clocks ahead a half hour and leave it there year round.
Why must we read this every March/November?
Hate it. I get to spend NO time with my horse. No time to do anything around the house.
I've read through the thread and no comments on why in sam hell do we do this anyhow?
sorry I’m late. I’d have been here sooner but....
DST is idiotic. End it.
The clock is laid out according to solar positioning. Leave it be.
If you want to get up earlier, do so; don’t force your shifted schedule on others.