dbjazz Loc: Long Island, NY

Standard Time is called Standard Time for a reason. It is the original gauge of time (with the advent of railroads) used all over the world. Daylight Savings Time makes no sense and relatively few countries bother with it. But idiots in Congress don't know any history and can't understand science. So we're doomed.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I suggest any and all opinions have already been stated twice a year, every year since my first subscription in 2013. Wow!! Some have 10 clocks to change. People are dying in the Middle East. Please finish this topic!
Mark

BebuLamar

Yes I strongly against making daylight savings time permanent.

Schoee Loc: Europe

It does make some sense or no one would do it. Makes little difference if close to equator but otherwise over 60 countries do it

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Thanks sodapop!!
Mark

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

A well considered perspective.

One reason for DST is so that school children can board buses after dawn. Another is so people who work outdoors have more light, later, on their day shifts. Another is so we have more outdoor recreational time in the evening during summer months. There are many more.

We would hear screams and howls of protest were we to take those advantages away from those they help. This is a "We can't win" issue. Now I have to go reset my clocks...

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

You are right, Bill. there are some valid reasons. I'm only suggesting we stop moaning & groaning about it twice a year.
Mark

FrumCA

No scientific reason but my gut feeling is a preference towards permanent DST which would become "normal time" once everyone settled into the routine.

1grumpybear

Here in Arizona we don't do daylight savings time any more. Back when we were doing daylight savings time I can remember going to the drive inn theater and the movie wouldn't start till about 9:30pm.

hcmcdole

I like that idea and wished the entire world would just go to an international date and time. Forget about the sunrise and sunset as a standard of time of day (the old farmer's time legacy).

When I was in the Navy a lifetime ago, not only did we have DST, but aboard the ship I was on we had "summer hours" which meant reporting to duty an hour earlier. That meant I got off around 3 PM for the rest of the day, unless it was my duty day.

I prefer using international time, whether Zulu or GMT and adjust our work day, school day, appointments accordingly. I know this would confuse most people on how to set their clocks, but once done, it would be like eating cake.

Midnight is the same no matter where on earth you are. Seven AM is the same no matter where you are. The only difference is the arbitrary time you set for a schedule. If you are in EST and you had to be at work at 8 for example, now you would have to be there at 8 + time offset from GMT which in the east would be 8 + 5 = 13:00 or 1 PM GMT. Sounds hard to begin with, but over time, it would be simple to get with the program.

When communicating with folks in different time zones, we have to do a lot of mental gymnastics to get our schedules to coordinate with theirs. We had a vendor from Israel and had to interface with them at times so it was important to agree on time and time zone.

The same could be said for international travel. Thailand is around 12 hours apart from us but they are on the west side of the international date line. This is important when returning from Bangkok around midnight (Thailand time) to know what date you need to be there for your flight (this happened to one of our relatives who missed her flight as she showed up a day late). Similarly, Okinawa is one of the last time zones of the new day, so it was easier to NOT miss your flight if you didn't keep up with the local time and date.

jimneotech Loc: Michigan

I have to agree. DST is nothing but a disruption to our Circadian rhythms.

Nodpete Loc: Naperville, IL

Stay with Standard Time, just another thing that the damn government should keep their hands off of.

fetzler Loc: North West PA

IF there were DST in Winter in the location in Michigan where I grew up one could see stars at 9:00 AM - sucks.
Standard time all year would be OK.

Nodpete Loc: Naperville, IL

I grew up in the UP of Michigan and we went to school in the dark and came home in the dark.