It’s a bit of a shock to the system, that’s all. I have no issues with it, except that others do and that their issues (shitty driving, general orneriness) affect me.
That said, wife and I went to bed extraordinarily early last night, having gotten up early on Sunday.
I live on the west side of my time zone. Do you live on the east side of yours? I think I would be happier if I moved one state over.
This is one of the main issues with stopping the changing of the clocks (not stopping DST or not-DST).
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I looked up sunrise/sunset times in my locale. These are on the 1st of the month so mins & maxes may be slightly off.
With DST
Sunrise ranges from 6:14 to 7:50 am (max is just before end of DST)
Sunset ranges from 5:18 in Dec to 8:50 in July.
Since it takes a good 45 min to get really dark, July 4 fireworks don’t start until almost 10 pm.
Without DST
Sunrise ranges from 5:14 to 7:28 am. I guess I can see why some people don’t want it to get light that early. I like it bc in the summer that’s the only good time to exercise outdoors, and 6:14 is too late for me to get in a good 30 minutes and still get to work by 8.
Sunset ranges from 5:18 to 7:50 pm. Way easier to get little kids to bed on time IMO. And July 4 fireworks are at a more reasonable time.
Also in summer it doesn’t cool off until about 10 pm. That would be 9 if we didn’t mess with the clocks.
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Actually, it’s a sign that a time zone boundary has been drawn stupidly…or that people place too much store on tying certain activities to specific numbers on the clock.
DST is simple. 1 night a year you get 1 hour less sleep.
Just use the rule that each day (Hours of Sleep) + (Cups of Coffee) >= 9
Time Rankings
1 Permanent Daylight Savings Time
2 Current DST/Standard Time Hybrid
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997 Permanent Standard Time
Yes, I’m pretty far east in my timezone. I mostly like that, too.
This is a huge reason why DST wastes energy. More A/C usage. Although with everyone working from home now maybe that energy will now be wasted either way.
When Indiana adopted DST, I remember a few groups doing some research to test the old hypothesis that DST saves energy. The conclusion was that there was either no savings, or energy consumption was a little worse.
I don’t remember air conditioning being cited as an explanation, but I do remember that the old thinking that DST saves energy relied on how significant incandescent bulbs used to be in determining energy consumption; but now that we/businesses have lower-energy bulbs and lots of electronic devices that stay on 24/7 (or at least through business hours, regardless of when those hours might be as compared to the sun)…
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I think the theory on it saving energy was that the lights at the business were on during working hours regardless of the amount of ambient daylight.
But lighting at home is heavily dependent on ambient daylight so people weren’t turning their lights on at home as much.
But then when A/C became responsible for way more energy usage than lighting, it had the opposite effect. Because if people were turning their A/C warmer during the day while they were at work then having them home when it’s hotter out means more A/C usage. (Whereas businesses are probably maintaining a constant temp 24/7 regardless.)
But now if everyone is home during the workday anyway then it might be that energy consumption in 2022 bears little relationship to the readout on the clock at any given amount of daylight.
What businesses do that? My employer has always cut the AC in the evening – in fact, if I work late enough in the summer, it can get kinda warm. Why would a business waste money cooling a building after the people leave?
Because when it gets too hot it costs even more to cool it back down.
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The Senate Bill for permanent daylight savings passed by unanimous consent. Let’s see what the house does
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Really?!?!?! Wow. I’d never have expected our government to take this up. They collectively have their heads so far up their asses that it would seem impossible for them to “tackle the tough issues”.
This is an easy issue. DST is the far superior time.
It isn’t new. Mark Rubio has been trying to get this passed since 2018.
Um, because people work in the evening and on the weekends?
I’ve been at quite a few different employers at many very crazy hours, especially as an actuarial student, and never experienced them turning the heat or A/C on or off at odd hours.
I’ve experienced “this side of the building gets hot in the late afternoon sun and the A/C can’t keep up”, but never a deliberate choice by the employer. They don’t want to give us any reason to not work!!!
That too.