Time Change already this weekend

[MossRoad]

On the bright side (pun intended).... I had the sun directly in my eyes on my morning commute this fine Monday morning.

 

[NoTrespassing]

Here in Central IL, our length of day variers about 5 hours 40 minutes, shortest to longest

Key West FL, about 3 hours

Philippines only about 1 hour 40 minutes

When my wife first moved here from the Philippines in July of 2007 she was amazed at how long the days were, almost 2 hours longer than the longest day she had experienced. In mid December she was equally surprised at how little daylight there was, not to mention the cold and snow that comes with it.

 

[ruffdog]

Here in Central IL, our length of day variers about 5 hours 40 minutes, shortest to longest

Ours is about 6 hours and 22 minutes difference. It sure makes a difference the more north you are.

 

[ning]

The sun is rarely at its highest at noon. There are a lot of other factors, like what time of year it is, where are you within your timezone, etc. The only way you would even get close is to return to local time.

What Is Solar Noon?

Noon is at 12 o'clock but solar noon can be at a different time. What's the difference between the two?

www.timeanddate.com

There is exactly one factor as to whether or not the sun is highest at noon: your longitudinal position in your time zone.

The sun is at its highest in the day precisely at noon local time (ignoring time zones); this is pretty much the definition of local time, and "close" would be "exact" (or you don't have actual local time).

If you're located at the defining longitude for your time zone - for instance, 90W for Central time, it's noon when the sun is highest. If you're east of there, the sun is highest a bit before noon; if you're west of there, the sun is hightest a bit after noon.

None of this is a claim for the sun being at zenith (directly overhead), which doesn't happen anywhere outside of the tropics (and then the sun's at zenith only on one or two particular days which vary based on latitude); it's just when it's at its highest for a particular day at about noon.

DST just moves the "about noon" to "about 1PM", which I dislike for traditional & astronomical purposes, especially since science hasn't been able to back up a changing of times (savings time vs standard time); I feel we may as well just go back to standard time completely and if people don't like that schedule, they change when they're open by an hour instead of pretending it's one o'clock when the sun is the highest.

 

[BravoXray]

Assuming your comment is directed towards my confession...

As noted, I get up (for better or worse with my wife) generally at 0500 every day, 7 days a week. I use a alarm clock if I need to get up earlier for something important for work, as I still work for at least two hours for work on the weekend to the dismay of my wife because I actually love my job.

Time changes always happen on Saturday night going into Sunday morning.

Just so happens we had to be at Church early this past Sunday morning for some volunteer work. Thing is, we also planned a to go for a early morning walk to get it in before we went to church (and time to shower as well), and it was my job to wake my wife up because I'm the "early riser". My wife however does not use a alarm clock but her cell phone.

Let's just say I woke up at my general time, my alarm clock was really screwed up, but that's the time I thought it was looking at my clock, and after getting my wife up ready for a walk, she asked me some questions because she was confused to what her cell phone was telling her.

THIS is why my day was pretty screwed up. Hopefully this makes a little more sense.

As noted, first time in my life I put the clock AHEAD instead of backwards on the proper date. For whatever reason, never thought to think Spring Forward, Fall Back, and had it in my mind for whatever reason that I had to turn the clock ahead an hour.

I wasn't directing it at anyone in particular, really.

But, to put a different tack on a common saying, No rest for the devout.

When I drove truck and later worked in the garage fixing trucks and heavy equipment, I got up at about 5:00AM, for nearly 20 years. I am not a morning person and I attribute part of that to the failure of my marriage after 15 years of that schedule. I am not a pleasant person that early in the morning, and having to go to bed at 9:00PM so I could get a decent amount of sleep was a PIA.
After that I worked for a freight broker for 10 years and then for myself with my own trucks. When I retired and sold my trucks in late 2019 I fell into a routine of staying up until 1:00-2:00AM and getting up around 9:00. Nothing in my life requires getting up at 5:00AM at this point, except maybe to take a look at a lunar eclipse or take a leak.

 

[Torvy]

Assuming your comment is directed towards my confession...

As noted, I get up (for better or worse with my wife) generally at 0500 every day, 7 days a week. I use a alarm clock if I need to get up earlier for something important for work, as I still work for at least two hours for work on the weekend to the dismay of my wife because I actually love my job.

I'm right there with you. 0500 is about as late as I wake up. Wife sleeps until noon if left to her own devices. I only set an alarm as a backup if I have to meet a plane or other fixed time event. I have one set for 0530 to remind myself to stop what I am doing to get ready for work.

 

[Sigarms]

I am not a pleasant person that early in the morning, and having to go to bed at 9:00PM so I could get a decent amount of sleep was a PIA.

That's just it though, unless I stayed up REALLY late, say past midnight, I'm still up around 0500. Perhaps on vacation if it's a long day, I'll sleep "late" to around 0600.

When I worked hourly 25 years ago, I just determined that if I wanted to make money with overtime, I'd rather start off early and getting home somewhat early than getting home late (note, found out pretty fast when I was allowed to work as LONG as I wanted, I was dismayed with taxes when I put in 80 hrs a week LMAO).

 

[MossRoad]

I wasn't directing it at anyone in particular, really.

But, to put a different tack on a common saying, No rest for the devout.

When I drove truck and later worked in the garage fixing trucks and heavy equipment, I got up at about 5:00AM, for nearly 20 years. I am not a morning person and I attribute part of that to the failure of my marriage after 15 years of that schedule. I am not a pleasant person that early in the morning, and having to go to bed at 9:00PM so I could get a decent amount of sleep was a PIA.
After that I worked for a freight broker for 10 years and then for myself with my own trucks. When I retired and sold my trucks in late 2019 I fell into a routine of staying up until 1:00-2:00AM and getting up around 9:00. Nothing in my life requires getting up at 5:00AM at this point, except maybe to take a look at a lunar eclipse or take a leak.

Job hours are a huge factor in a marriage, I'll attest to that. Without going into great detail, my job hours were horrible and irregular early in our marriage and that caused problems for this newly married couple. Fortunately, we were able to work it out.

 

[ruffdog]

Job hours are a huge factor in a marriage, I'll attest to that. Without going into great detail, my job hours were horrible and irregular early in our marriage and that caused problems for this newly married couple. Fortunately, we were able to work it out.

Ha! My wife and I worked different shifts.....it worked great!

 

[scootr]

Ha! My wife and I worked different shifts.....it worked great!

Everybody needs some me time.