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wnylib

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11. Not just a shifting of the clock.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #10)

Tue Mar 7, 2023, 07:02 PM

Mar 2023

There actually are more daylight hours in summer. DST just takes advantage of that so that our evenings remain light even longer according to the time on our clocks.

I love it when it is still light out when our clocks say that it's 9 pm.

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Daylight Savings Time returns this weekend! [View all] wnylib Mar 2023 OP

Now to make it permanent. It's supposedly coming back up for vote. kysrsoze Mar 2023 #1

Seconded! True Dough Mar 2023 #15

Ugh. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2023 #2

I appreciate the fact that sunrise doesn't happen at 4:15 am in the summer. Salviati Mar 2023 #3

I think it has a good purpose Blues Heron Mar 2023 #5

Right there with you rurallib Mar 2023 #6

Exactly my immediate reaction! 😒 nt Raine Mar 2023 #18

You say that like it's a good thing... Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #4

It is, for me. Limited daylight in winter makes me SAD. wnylib Mar 2023 #9

Fallacious argument, the actual number of hours of daylight is exactly the same, Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #10

Not just a shifting of the clock. wnylib Mar 2023 #11

Good I hope it stays that way. nt doc03 Mar 2023 #7

Me too. we can do it Mar 2023 #13

Personally, I'm looking forward to it. Different Drummer Mar 2023 #8

For those of us working weekends.... Laffy Kat Mar 2023 #12

I actually like it Auggie Mar 2023 #14

Hallelujah!!!!! Been so caught up w other stuff I forgot. Thinking in early Feb; 3/12 is sooo far .. electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #16

Did they change the dates? I remember it changing in early April when I was younger debm55 Mar 2023 #17

Great, now I get to hear my husband swearing moving the time forward...... a kennedy Mar 2023 #19

Ugh, I'd rather stay on regular time year round. area51 Mar 2023 #20

Thank you for the reminder! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2023 #21

The gravitational forces will destroy us when the sun leaps forward an hour. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2023 #22