Holy shit. The Senate just unanimously passed a bill making daylight savings time permanent.

[BumRushDaShow]

187. The problem right now

is that they screwed with the long-used "April" / "October" timing by doing this stupid "November" and "March" nonsense by waiting to the 1st Sunday of November (instead of the last Sunday of October) and changing in the spring the 2nd Sunday in March, instead of the first Sunday in April.

Right before we did this change, it was starting to get light at 6 am here. Then change weekend, we were back to pitch dark at 6 am again.

Here in Philly at 40N latitude, we only have ~9 hours of daylight in winter but have ~15 hours in summer. Those further north of here have more extremes in day length, but then those northern climes have adapted their areas for those wider-ranging seasonal light/dark cycles, supplementing with more lighting, etc. It's just like many of those same northern areas also have engine block heaters in mall parking lots where you attach one to your car's engine when you park so that you can start the car during brutal cold temps once you are done shopping, and are ready to leave. I had never even heard of something like that until maybe about 20 years ago.

Personally since I am retired, it would theoretically not matter to me (although I am a morning person and like to be up before the robins). But as a kid having gone through that last experimental bullshit of a year-round time in our latitude, I really feel for any kids should this thing make it through the House. It will be like almost a 50 year history repeating of itself.