Hours of daylight, yes. Hours of daylight during operating hours, no.
President Trump on Twitter: "Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is O.K. with me!"
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Hours of daylight, yes. Hours of daylight during operating hours, no.
no, in addition to daylight savings, the earth spins on a wobbling axis which affects the length of days. In the northern hemisphere, days are shorter in the winter, culminating on the winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year, and in the summer, days are longer, culminating on the summer solstice. During the summer solstice, with Daylights savings, it can be daylight till 9 pm, while during the winter solstice, without daylight savings, it can be nighttime at 4:45 pm. Daylight savings is only an hour difference, the rest of that time difference is the spin of the earth as it revolves around the sun.
Apparently not because this shit comes up every year and nothing gets done
Total, yes. High traffic afternoon hours...no.
I believe it needs to be standard myself as well in order to better mesh with the rest of the world, but most people don't have that opinion...mostly because they can't think about more than themselves.
Yes, but if the actual hours recorded of daylight in the summer are say, 6:30am-8:30pm, rather than 5:30am-7:30pm as they would be on standard time, people probably go home earlier in the standard time version.
Dave Brown @dave_brown24
There it is. They talked about making Daylight Saving Time permanent on Fox & Friends yesterday
10:28 AM - Mar 11, 2019
Dave Brown @dave_brown24
"Basically everybody would like a little more sunshine in their life. As we spring forward today, what our bill would do in the fall, we eliminate the idea of falling back. So make it permanent sunshine long term. People are going to have a lot more sunshine"
10:32 AM - Mar 11, 2019
Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs
Fox yesterday: "...permanent sunshine..."
Trump today: "Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is O.K. with me!"
10:38 AM - Mar 11, 2019
There it is. They talked about making Daylight Saving Time permanent on Fox & Friends yesterday
10:28 AM - Mar 11, 2019
Dave Brown @dave_brown24
"Basically everybody would like a little more sunshine in their life. As we spring forward today, what our bill would do in the fall, we eliminate the idea of falling back. So make it permanent sunshine long term. People are going to have a lot more sunshine"
10:32 AM - Mar 11, 2019
Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs
Fox yesterday: "...permanent sunshine..."
Trump today: "Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is O.K. with me!"
10:38 AM - Mar 11, 2019
And oddly enough, it doesn't do that well in polling either. It gets the majority, but not by as much as one might think.
It's amazing how many folks don't care about the time changes.
no, the solstices affect the hours of daylight. The closer you are to the winter solstice, the closer the daylight hours are to about 8 hours. The closer you are to the summer solstice, the closer the daylight hours are to about 12 hours.
Yup. Not even worth considering standard 100% of the time. No chance. I'll take DST 100%. It's fine.
Outside of the summer, very little of the US ever gets 13+ hours of sunlight in a day.
Unless you're like me and 8:20 AM sunrise sounds wonderful. I prefer it to still be dark in the morning, and for sunrise to occur while I'm awake. DST all the way, baby.
These sleuths have figured it out. Turns out Trump gets policy ideas from Fox News. Who knew!?
If only Fox & Friends could use their powers for good all of the time...
yea but sunrise at 820 sucks far far less than the sun going down at 430pm in winter in Texas on standard time.
one demonstratably sucks more than the other. The vast majority of businesses do not open until 9 am, so adjusting the clock to give daylight to hours when the business world isn't even in operation is dumb. By contrast, even at the summer solstice, your daylight typically corresponds to hours when humanity is actually active.
DST all the way.
Here in Texas, during winter, I basically don't see sun during days I go to the office. I'll go into the office at 5:30 am, and get out at 5 pm, and both times are still in the dark. In the summer, I trade darkness in the afternoon for several hours of daylight. This gives me time, for example, to walk my dog and things of that sort. More sunlight when people are actually awake is just flat out smart.
Sorry, you're correct, I meant the hours of daylight are the same as they always have been (as you pointed out), not that the hours never change and will always be the same. I should have articulated that better.
Of course we would. We did when Bush Jr made DST 4 weeks longer each year and we'd follow again.
I mean it already shifts. DST changeovers aren't the same in the US and the EU. Part of the year the East Coast of the US is GMT-4 and other parts of the year its GMT-5.
Standard Time:
Sunrise is earlier and it's brighter when you wake up at 6 am it's dark when you get out of work
Daylight Time:
Sunrise is later and it's darker when you wake up at 6 am and it's brighter when you get out of work
Standard Time is more depressing as it's dark out when you get free. The days feel
Longer with Daylight Time. That is how it should be. I shouldn't have to be looking outside at 7 pm and see a fucking sunset I want a sunset at 8 pm in the summer. I want more time in the brightness of the day
Sunrise is earlier and it's brighter when you wake up at 6 am it's dark when you get out of work
Daylight Time:
Sunrise is later and it's darker when you wake up at 6 am and it's brighter when you get out of work
Standard Time is more depressing as it's dark out when you get free. The days feel
Longer with Daylight Time. That is how it should be. I shouldn't have to be looking outside at 7 pm and see a fucking sunset I want a sunset at 8 pm in the summer. I want more time in the brightness of the day
the number of fatal traffic accidents spike every year with the time switch. People get into biological rhythms, changing our perception of time is actually dangerous and manifests in people getting poorer sleep, which demonstrably results in more traffic deaths.
who cares when retail businesses open? Most people have started out their day well before 8am. Get into a professional setting and most of the people have either been there for up to an hour already, or are just getting there at 8am.
It may not affect you directly, but the current system is moronic. It doesn't have any real benefits, is terrible for children and animals (parents and farmers), costs billions of dollars in productivity, and kills dozens of Americans (in traffic accidents and medical trauma) every year.
why tho
why do you need a national law to achieve what a theme park could trivially do on its own
A) retail business are professional settings
B) no, the vast majority of people have not "started their day" before 8 am, lest the retail world would reflect that
C) what you call "starting your day" is being stuck inside in an office. Who gives a fuck if it's daylight while I'm stuck inside working? The opposite is daylight when I'm off of work. Having daylight during my free time is much more important than having daylight when the vast, vast, vast majority of people are either stuck in an office or just waking up and brushing their teeth.
Does your workplace change its operating hours depending on the time of year?
I mean it's not like people are being murdered in the streets because of DST. It's a pretty small change that amounts to a nice little bonus IF it meshes with your schedule giving you more sunlight. So I don't see why someone's opinion on DST/ST shouldn't be about themselves.
This is where I sit. I'd prefer DST, but either is fine as long as it's permanent.
It's odd, I've never given this more than a seconds thought, however I do live in the UK which is only one timezone. Is this something that actually bothers a lot of people, perhaps in larger countries with multiple timezones?
Whichever one lets it be lighter later is the one I vote for.
I prefer waking up in the dark. Easier on the eyes.
I prefer waking up in the dark. Easier on the eyes.
In the US, it's especially annoying because a few states don't observe DST. So in addition to multiple time zones, sometimes certain states could be as much as 2 hours earlier than you'd expect it to be.
Then you prefer Daylight savings time. Only someone who is afraid of the light would want standard time
Who here wants it to be dark when they get off work or very soon after work. NO ONE .