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To: SeekAndFind

I’m all for keeping same time.

BUT it is an affront to the normal definition of noon time to stay at “daylight SAVINGS time”.

12:00 should be the highest point of the sun. It always was the definition of noon and should continue.

Going to “savings” would mean sun is highest at 1:00. That makes zero sense.

Plus, it’s nice to have some daylight creeping into waking times rather than being mostly dark forever. This week we are waking at 6 and will again be covered in darkness even when driving out for the bus by 6:45. We had light by 6:30 last week.


15 posted on 03/12/2023 4:34:39 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

There is not an S at the end of the word SAVING.


49 posted on 03/12/2023 5:53:40 PM PDT by octex
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To: the OlLine Rebel
12:00 should be the highest point of the sun. It always was the definition of noon and should continue.

Noon as the highest sun was the definition before clocks came around. If you're gonna tie high-sun to 12:00 exactly, you're gonna start having to change how many seconds you have per hour before and after noon as the year goes on, or your noon won't match day-to-day.

You could start defining everything in solar days instead of sidereal days, but then you'll lose your exact 24hr day.
81 posted on 03/13/2023 6:57:40 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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