Why make everyone change their time?

[kentuck]

Why not just ask workers to come in an hour later, if there is a problem with the daylight?

Wouldn't that be easier?

[ret5hd]

1. this is a slow time of the year for many...

social media forums. without DST to bitch about, many forums would wither and die.

in some circles, this is called the “EarlG Employment Program”.

[House of Roberts]

2. Workers want to get home with that extra hour of daylight in the evening,

coming to work an hour later would do the opposite.

It's easier to just change the clocks so everybody gets the same break, some employers are assholes and wouldn't go along otherwise.

I know it's a hassle getting used to the time change, but try going from second shift to first shift at a job. THAT'S a lot harder.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. This should be it.

No Fall back. The reasons for daylight savings are antiquated. It’s silly and dangerous to change twice a year. End this nonsense.

[Igel]

6. So while the reasons for daylight savings time are antiquated,

it's daylight savings time that we opt for?

I have no problem with standard time year round. I also like just looking up on a sunny day and knowing what time the clock says. It's easy enough to train yourself on what the clock says when it crosses the local meridian--solar noon--and once you have that nailed the clock's time "wobbles" around that by 15 to 20 minutes in predictable ways. With a little practice, you can pretty much say the time to within 10 minutes year round just going by the sun's position and knowledge of where due south is and about when sunrise and sunset are.

Daylight savings time screws that up.

Did a stint of semi-permanent daylight savings time when I was in high school. Didn't like PE in the dark outside or heading with my seine net for aquatic science wishing the sun was up. When sunrise is 8:30, I mean, that's half-way through 2nd period where I teach, and the kinder kids are outside in the dark waiting for the bus.

[ShepKat]

4. glad I'm retired.

I'm not changing real time on my watch for anyone. I'll adjust to society time when I have to, which isn't much, thank goodness

[Ms. Toad]

11. Unfortunately, I'm retired - and taking classes.

That means my barely tolerable 9:40 AM class is now 8:40. I change my clocks. But otherwise, I sleep when my body says to sleep, wake when it says to wake, and if there is anything I need to to at a specific day or time I put it in my phone calendar with an appropriate advance warning so I don't miss it when I forget what day or time it is.

Definitely much easier since I'm retired. It's Sunday - no classes - so I woke up when I woke up. Tomorrow will be a slightly different story.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Why?

[SarahD]

7. Works better when we all.do the same thing at the same time.

Businesses in the tropics sometimes have summer hours, but customers still show up after closing. Time is tricky. We don't have enough, but our attempts to make more don't make everyone happy. I'm just grateful we have time zones instead of the old sun time. It was so confusing it actually killed people.

[Towlie]

8. Right! Those who are affected by sunrise and sunset can simply adopt seasonal schedules!

The adoption of year-round Standard Time might make some sense, but the adoption of year-round Daylight Saving Time is just plain stupid. Noon would no longer be related to the Sun's position, and society's various time-related customs would be thrown out of kilter, which would, at least in theory, lead to a future need to stray even farther away from Standard Time.

It would be ironic that even though in the past we dealt with manually changing our clocks twice a year, now that there are clocks that change automatically there's a push to eliminate the time change.

[Model35mech]

9. I usually find this a minor problem, today I'm feeling already adjusted.

I usually get up early, typically between 3:45 am and 4:15 am it gives me time of liberty to spend an hour or so looking at the news. That hour is a pretty good cushion against sleep loss when I occasionally going to bed late and at the spring time change.

I spent last evening changing our non-smart time pieces and got out of bed this morning at 4:15 DST feeling fine.

Here's to wishing you all a quick re-adjustment without feeling 'hangover-tired'.

[RubyRose]

10. Definitely needs to be eliminated. An unnecessary

frustration.

[Bayard]

12. I don't change my watch,

It eventually gets back to the right time. Too much trouble to change digital.

I can do what I want. I'm retired.