Daylight savings time

[Moliere]

I have no dog in this fight since I’ll wake up at 5am no matter if the sun is rising or won’t rise for another two hours. It seems to me that having sunshine later in the day would be better than early in the day. But it doesn’t matter to me anyway since I drive home in the dark regardless

[falafel]

I have no dog in this fight since I’ll wake up at 5am no matter if the sun is rising or won’t rise for another two hours. It seems to me that having sunshine later in the day would be better than early in the day. But it doesn’t matter to me anyway since I drive home in the dark regardless

Who are you kidding, you aren't driving home in the dark. You're already home and working in your shop.

[smokymountainrain]

I have no dog in this fight since I’ll wake up at 5am no matter if the sun is rising or won’t rise for another two hours. It seems to me that having sunshine later in the day would be better than early in the day. But it doesn’t matter to me anyway since I drive home in the dark regardless

i'd rather the sun go down earlier in the summer so when i'm out doing various activities at 9-10pm or whatever rather than doing those activities in 95 degree heat. I'd rather it cool off a bit with the sun having gone down an hour an hour earlier.

no reason for it to be light outside after 8pm - at 8pm it's no longer the afternoon, rather it's night time. it's okay if it gets dark at night.

[beefytee]

Oh boy.

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We have become a nation of babies where the sun coming up later in the winter is a huge hardship.

[smokymountainrain]

We have become a nation of babies where the sun coming up later in the winter is a huge hardship.

or a nation of babies where the sun going down at 5pm is a hardship. i guess it cuts both ways.

[beefytee]

That's my point.

Current system works great. We have become a nation of babies where changing a couple of clocks two times per year is a huge hardship.

[falafel]

i'd rather the sun go down earlier in the summer so when i'm out doing various activities at 9-10pm or whatever rather than doing those activities in 95 degree heat. I'd rather it cool off a bit with the sun having gone down an hour an hour earlier.

no reason for it to be light outside after 8pm - at 8pm it's no longer the afternoon, rather it's night time. it's okay if it gets dark at night.

Golf and boating is the reason.

[Jeff Lebowski]

We have become a nation of babies where the sun coming up later in the winter is a huge hardship.

Kids walking to school in the dark because we can’t be bothered changing clocks? Nice try.

[smokymountainrain]

Golf and boating is the reason.

stupid reason. i don't do either and those who do can finish up by 8.

[BigFatMeanie]

All you pussies coming with the "kids walking to school in the dark" argument need to turn in your man card and become full-fledged members of the Crazy Mommy Brigade.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Interesting article. Time change issue likely to be more thoroughly vetted in the House.

Senate plan for permanent daylight saving time faces doubts in the House

The House is set to hit the snooze button on the Senate’s plan to permanently change the nation’s clocks.

“It could be weeks — or it could be months” before House Democratic leaders decide whether to tee up a vote on eliminating the biannual clock changes that have governed daily life in most states for decades, said Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D.-N.J.), who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee that oversees time change policies. While the Sunshine Protection Act, which unanimously passed the Senate on Tuesday, would nationally shift clocks an hour later to maximize daylight, some doctors have argued that adopting permanent standard time would be a healthier option and better align with humans’ natural rhythms.

The White House also has not communicated its position on permanent daylight saving time, congressional aides said. While President Biden, as a freshman senator, voted for that in December 1973 — the last time that Congress attempted to institute the policy nationwide — he also witnessed the near-immediate collapse of support amid widespread reports that darker winter mornings were contributing to more car accidents and worsened moods. Members of Congress introduced nearly 100 pieces of legislation to change or do away with the law before it was finally repealed in October 1974.

The issue “has these unusual dynamics, where there’s really only two weeks of the year where people care about it” — the week in the spring when the clocks spring forward an hour, and the week in the fall when the clocks fall back, Gray said. “It usually takes more than a week to do something in Congress. And it’s hard to fit that time-period when people actually care into the process of passing a bill.”

[Donuthole]

Why not a bill to try it for a 3 year period. So people can see what it’s like. And then it can be an issue for the politicians to campaign on.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Why not a bill to try it for a 3 year period. So people can see what it’s like. And then it can be an issue for the politicians to campaign on.

Very interesting to me that people split between permanent daylight savings time or permanent standard time. More evidence that the current system is the best, imo.

Also, you don't seem to get as many complaints in the fall. Getting an extra hour causes less anxiety about the clocks changing than losing one in the spring.

[Non Sequitur]

Golf and boating is the reason.

I knew there was a reason I liked you.

[Non Sequitur]

Kids walking to school in the dark because we can’t be bothered changing clocks? Nice try.

I spent a couple of weeks in Sweden during the winter months. It was dark when I went into the office and dark when I left. I found it weird for a couple of days, but the people there seemed fine with it. I have no doubt they were sending their kids to school every morning and not freaking out. People adapt.