Standard time, daylight savings time........

[jltrent]

put it in the middle or keep what we have? I like DST. No more setting clocks twice a year and time to adjust too.

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan "Sunshine Protection Act" (a 308-117 vote) to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. The bill now heads to the Senate, where its future is uncertain, as leaders have expressed concerns over securing the necessary 60 votes and reaching a consensus

 

[coachg]

Set it and leave it . Either way . I prefer dst !

 

[Brute 23]

I don't care which they do just do some thing. Time change is stupid.

My preference is to split the difference, lock it in, and go.

 

[GoWyo]

I don't really care. The spring forward and fall back doesn't bother me. In December and January our sunrise under DST will be around 8:30 a.m.

 

[farmerjan]

The real time is the time... get up earlier if you want more "daylight hours"... I have always hated DST... always will. Too old to change now...

 

[Rafter S]

I prefer standard time, but I'd rather have full time daylight savings time than switching back and forth.

 

[Dave]

I don't even notice the switch. Time is just what the clock says and I try to ignore the clock.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

There are reasons Benjamin Franklin came up with the concept of daylight savings time. It has more impact on states that are further north, or maybe I should say more validity, to change time based on the season. Weather we change time twice a year or maintain the same clock on a year round basis, it does not change the number of hours of daylight we have. The only individuals that are really impacted in what they do and when are the crop farmers, which was the basis for daylight savings time. The US is moving/has moved from a mostly agricultural based society to a very diverse occupationally society that is not as dependent on sunrise. Additionally, time change, when implemented twice a year, has both mental and physical consequences on all of us that really aren't that great, regardless if we are 'Springing' forward or 'Falling' back. Some segments of the population do have valid arguments for bi-yearly time changes, the majority of us no longer do. Societally, we can't function well at all if we operate with two different systems. The 'best' option is probably for us to have an unchanging system, and have crop farmers alter their schedules based on daylight length. When society needs things from the crop farmers, society will have to alter its schedule to fit the crop farmers, and not the other way around.

 

[Silver]

According to the interwebs:

Daylight Saving Time (DST) was first proposed by New Zealand entomologist George Hudson in 1895 and independently by British builder William Willett in 1907. It was originally implemented to conserve energy and fuel during wartime [1]. Germany and Austria-Hungary were the first countries to adopt it in 1916 to save coal for the war effort.
While Benjamin Franklin playfully suggested the concept in 1784 to save candles, the modern system was built on Willett's 1907 paper, The Waste of Daylight. [1, 2, 3]
Following Germany's lead, the practice quickly spread across Europe and North America during World War I. The goal was simple: by shifting clocks forward an hour during the warmer months, people could make better use of natural daylight and reduce the need for artificial lighting and coal consumption. After the war, the practice was largely abandoned until it was revived during World War II. [1, 2, 3]
In Canada, Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) made history by enacting the world's first local time shift in 1908. The Canadian federal government and the United States later standardized DST nationwide during World War I, and it eventually became a permanent fixture after further energy crises and transport needs emerged in the 1960s

 

[jltrent]

 

[RDFF]

I prefer DST all year round. Regardless of what the clock says, I operate on the Daylight I've been blessed with...

 

[Dave]

The downside to year round DST is it won't be daylight until after 8:00 in the morning. Kids will be waiting for the school bus in the dark. They might adjust school time to account for that. If they adjust starting times for schools, businesses, etc to match day light, what have they accomplished?

 

[GoWyo]

It will not accomplish anything except that you will not have to tinker with your clocks that aren't attached to the internet.

 

[ctadmin]

It will not accomplish anything except that you will not have to tinker with your clocks that aren't attached to the internet.

Works for me, as I have a couple of those that I have to adjust manually and I always forget one or two and get confused

 

[ChrisB2]

I think I am the only person that likes the time changes.

 

[tater74]

I think I am the only person that likes the time changes.

Yes

 

[farmerjan]

The downside to year round DST is it won't be daylight until after 8:00 in the morning. Kids will be waiting for the school bus in the dark. They might adjust school time to account for that. If they adjust starting times for schools, businesses, etc to match day light, what have they accomplished?

NOTHING....

 

[kenny thomas]

I start about good daylight and most days its almost dark when I get home. I dont accomplish as much now as I once did in 8 hours. Maybe 6 hours.

 

[Silver]

Oh my, waiting for the bus in the dark…. Every red blooded Canadian kid waits for the bus in the dark for several months. And gets off in the dark too. Moving the clock didn’t change much in that regard lol

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Kids here wait for the bus in the dark and start school in the dark and they seem to survive just fine.

Businesses open in the dark and stay open until after dark. Since the invention of the light bulb they seem to get along just fine.