Daylight Saving Time
Nov 5, 2023 18:08:19 #
SteveR wrote:
Let's save all these threads for next year and just re-post them.
I will keep posting until congress makes standard time permanent and not daylight savings time.
Nov 5, 2023 18:27:47 #
We should go back to standard time. You can't change the number of hours in a day. Why not just make everything simpler for everyone?
Nov 5, 2023 19:46:20 #
Nov 5, 2023 21:07:37 #
Schoee wrote:
China spans 5 zones I think
Yes, but China is a dictatorship whose citizens have to put up with whatever their leaders decide.
Nov 5, 2023 21:17:28 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I have to ask. What would you prefer in terms of ... (show quote)
This seems to be a semi-annual discussion. Avoid the redundancy! Split the difference by setting all clocks forward a half hour next spring and leave them there.
Nov 5, 2023 21:38:31 #
W9OD
Loc: Wisconsin
I really would like to get into astrophotography. As I age, I cannot stay up late. Other then needing help from others, I would really enjoy using what God gave us and be able to get out before bedtime to see what is available.
Nov 6, 2023 00:30:37 #
Harold Stetson
Loc: Marquam 97038
The number of time zones is just a product of the size of the country. China is large and has 5. The sun will come up at the same time each day no matter what we call it. We call it dawn but the numeric value is what is in question and there are a whole lot more important things in the world than the numeric way we track time.
Nov 6, 2023 00:55:24 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Now think Maine that would have the same time as Hawaii
That is not how I meant it, it is hard to explain. I was replying to Shohee to begin with. I'll try this way. If there were one time zone say for even the "continuous 48 states"; at Noon in Maine or NY or FL at the exact same real time the Sun would be overhead at 90 degrees and yet at 45 degrees in CA, OR, WA. That now makes no sense as Noon is when the Sun is at its highest and mid point in the sky. To have one Time Zone for all 48 states or all 50 states we would have to redefine at lot of things. 15x24=360. Nature does not conform to opinion or politics. Standard vs Daylight Savings time is a different but related issue as has been discussed on the UHH ad nauseam.
Nov 6, 2023 00:58:22 #
Wyantry wrote:
Do you not comprehend the reality of the rotation of the planet at fifteen degrees per hour?
Sundown on the West coast would mean those on the East coast would be in darkness (post sunset) by three-plus hours.
The fact that the planet revolves in twenty four hours is the reason there are (DUH!) twenty four distinct time zones.
Sundown on the West coast would mean those on the East coast would be in darkness (post sunset) by three-plus hours.
The fact that the planet revolves in twenty four hours is the reason there are (DUH!) twenty four distinct time zones.
That is what I was trying to say, but this is simpler and clearer.
Nov 6, 2023 02:16:32 #
Harold Stetson wrote:
The number of time zones is just a product of the size of the country. China is large and has 5. The sun will come up at the same time each day no matter what we call it. We call it dawn but the numeric value is what is in question and there are a whole lot more important things in the world than the numeric way we track time.
Yes, those wars in Ukraine and Ghaza are important, but the numeric way we track time has more of an effect on my daily life, and I think it’s probably true of most of us. Some don’t care. Some of us do.
Nov 6, 2023 02:18:34 #
jiminnee wrote:
We should go back to standard time. You can't change the number of hours in a day. Why not just make everything simpler for everyone?
You determine what’s simpler to you. I’ll determine what’s simpler for me.
Nov 6, 2023 02:51:43 #
Wyantry
Loc: SW Colorado
richardsaccount wrote:
In a similar vein I believe the Canadian province, Newfoundland is one half of a hour different than the other provinces. I don't know if they are ahead or behind.
I believe you are correct. I had thought it was Nova Scotia.
The Newfies are therefore half-ahead of everyone else ?
Nov 6, 2023 02:57:01 #
Wyantry
Loc: SW Colorado
Harold Stetson wrote:
Having Greenwich as the prime meridian or zero was established in 1851. Going from there in 15 degree 1 hour increments has worked well for years.
360 degrees (the number of a circle — or a spherical object) divided by the rotational period of one day (24 hours) gives fifteen (15) degrees per each hour.
360 / 24 = 15.
Nov 6, 2023 12:35:10 #
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