Daylite savings time

[Chuck52]

It had just gotten light enough for my wife's commute to work at 7AM that we could see if there were deer near the roads. Now I'm back to going slow until I get to the interstate. Got a $5K doe in late 2008 and I'm still gun shy!

Chuck

 

[actionaj]

I would like for them to leave it one way or another. It takes me a month to get used to the change.

 

[jeffinsgf]

What you also need to look at is what time it would get light in the morning, if not for DST. Personally, I'm glad dawn doesn't show up at 4am in mid-summer, 5 is early enough, thank you very much. On the other side of that, if the sun didn't come up until after 8am at the end of the year, I can promise you Paxil (and other anti-depressants) sales would skyrocket.

The places where it is most notable are the extreme western limits of time zones. That is why Arizona doesn't use DST. If they did, it would be light at 11 o'clock. Same with Indiana, who I believe just adopted DST last year -- not sure why??? It was probably so that people in Ohio would know what time it was in Indiana. Before last year, Indiana and Ohio were the same time in the winter, but off by an hour in the summer. :confused2:

 

[arrow]

So why can't they just move the clocks a half hour ahead and leave them there forever? It would be different if they move them in 1/4 hour increments over a month. I'd rather go to the clock 4 times to change it than to put up with the aggravations to my body with the jolt of an hour difference right off the bat. I like my first idea better however. As a matter of fact, to mess with both those notions. Leave it at standard time forever. Deal with it getting dark at 8 pm instead of 9 or 10

 

[dooleysm]

Our new governor pushed DST through right after he took over several years back. His claims were that it would be better for industry, that Indiana was thought of as behind the times for not being on DST, and that it would make things easier since the whole state would be on the same time (previously there were pockets of IN near Chicago, Louisville, and Evansville that observed either Central or Eastern DST).

However, after the state legislature voted to approve DST it was learned that it would be up to the 92 county councils to choose which time zone their county would be on. This made NOBODY happy. The county councils did not like being forced into the middle of the issue. After much political wrangling and ill-will we still have most of the state on Eastern DST but pockets near Chicago and Evansville observe Central DST.

I don't know what it's done for industry, but our whole state is still not on the same time and it's added the confusion of changing clocks 2 times a year. I can't imagine anyone thinks of us as any less backwards after the change.

I've not met anyone that admits to liking DST. My county was on Central time for one year before switching back to Eastern. I despised Central time, as I didn't see the sun during the week for several months. I'm at work by 6:30, so I never drive in to work in the sun, regardless of the month. I get home around 5:15 in the evening and it was dark by the time I got home. It was brutal. Eastern is better. I don't mind it, but I would rather not change clocks if I had my choice. I really liked our old way.

 

[MossRoad]

What you also need to look at is what time it would get light in the morning, if not for DST. Personally, I'm glad dawn doesn't show up at 4am in mid-summer, 5 is early enough, thank you very much. On the other side of that, if the sun didn't come up until after 8am at the end of the year, I can promise you Paxil (and other anti-depressants) sales would skyrocket.

The places where it is most notable are the extreme western limits of time zones. That is why Arizona doesn't use DST. If they did, it would be light at 11 o'clock. Same with Indiana, who I believe just adopted DST last year -- not sure why??? It was probably so that people in Ohio would know what time it was in Indiana. Before last year, Indiana and Ohio were the same time in the winter, but off by an hour in the summer. :confused2:

The northwest corner of Indiana is on Chicago time, not Indiana, Ohio or Michigan time. Since most of their business is done with Chicago, that makes sense.

 

[ol'oilburner]

It appears I'm in the minority on this topic because I like daylight savings time, my only quip as I have seen a couple others mention and that is I would prefer it stay on dst all year long. I work 12 hr shifts and it's nice to get home at 19:00 and still be able to accomplish some chores around the house before it starts getting dark outside.

 

[dooleysm]

When I refer to DST I am talking about changing clocks, I think that's what most people do, or am I wrong. We recently changed our clocks and I have no idea if I'm on daylight savings time now or standard time now.

I like the time I'm on now. Since it's always dark when I drive in to work, it wouldn't matter to me if it got light at 10 am. I just want it to be light when I'm at home in the evenings.

 

[arrow]

I am not bringing this subject forth to see who likes it and who doesn't. There are too many personal "choices" to do that. No, this is more of an awareness thing. Same as when some bars began to prevent patrons from smokng as a result of second hand smoke effects. Look how long that took. I am making the assertion for health reasons. It is born out in fact that these time changes are not healthy for us and yet we continue with this nonsense. Personally, I could care less about who likes it for whatever reasons just as people liked to smoke in bars. I am more concerned with the "change" itself. I do not care what time it is. Just pick one and allow us to live without the transition. I am making a concerted effort to the people elected from this state to serve in Washington to do just that. This foolishness has gone on long enough and seems to be centered on personal advantages such as business, preferences and whatever other greedy thought processes we as pathetic earth creatures can dream of. I for one am tired of being manipulated with yet one more thing that deals with nothing concrete.

 

[BobRip]

I am not bringing this subject forth to see who likes it and who doesn't. There are too many personal "choices" to do that. No, this is more of an awareness thing. Same as when some bars began to prevent patrons from smokng as a result of second hand smoke effects. Look how long that took. I am making the assertion for health reasons. It is born out in fact that these time changes are not healthy for us and yet we continue with this nonsense. Personally, I could care less about who likes it for whatever reasons just as people liked to smoke in bars. I am more concerned with the "change" itself. I do not care what time it is. Just pick one and allow us to live without the transition. I am making a concerted effort to the people elected from this state to serve in Washington to do just that. This foolishness has gone on long enough and seems to be centered on personal advantages such as business, preferences and whatever other greedy thought processes we as pathetic earth creatures can dream of. I for one am tired of being manipulated with yet one more thing that deals with nothing concrete.

I agree completely. If people want to change what time they get up or go to bed let them, don't change the clocks to match then.