Yes, I have switched from Central to Eastern time while driving west from Wisconsin to Michigan!
1 Like
Well… northwest anyway, but still… certainly more west than east.
1 Like
Speaking of…I was floored the first time I learned that to get from Detroit Michigan to Canada (Windsor as it were) you have to travel south.
2 Likes
Canada’s southernmost point is the same latitude as the northern tip of California. Some folks are surprised to hear that.
3 Likes
That’s great until you have kids with fixed drop off and pick up times you have to work around.
In the kind of environment I’m describing, those drop off and pick up times would change with the seasons.
Perhaps school starts at 9 in the winter, and 8:30 in the spring and fall…
I know; it’s not going to happen, and the confusion in the transition to a system would nuke the idea before it got started.
Your post made it sound like each individual would adjust as they saw fit.
That breaks down when individuals have different preferences, as we’re displaying in this thread. There is then no consensus time to adjust things like school to.
I think actually the closest thing we have to a consensus time shift is… DST…
2 Likes
I relent, we should switch to permanent DST…
2 Likes
4 Likes
If we have to switch I’d prefer the opposite of what we have now. DST in winter and standard time in summer.
But year-round standard time, or switching time zones, is what I prefer.
It was fluffin’ dark at 5:30 yesterday afternoon.
2 Likes
Eh! Watch yer language.
2 Likes
Proposal: Let’s just pass a law that extends DST a week on each side until they meet? That’ll take 16 years or so, but it’s a gift for future non-existent generations.
1 Like
This is one time when I would welcome an Executive order from Trump stopping DST. I heard Florida wants to stay on DST time all year round.
Since Mierda - a - Lago is in Florida, he might just do it.
Eh, I’d much rather have year-round standard time. It stays light (and therefore hot) way too late in the summer. Give me summer nights!
1 Like
It is law so it would have to be done by Congress.
Utah has a law saying we won’t change if our neighbors don’t change or if Congress allows states to go DST year round. Currently the only options are Standard year round or the Standard/Daylight switch. States are currently not allowed by federal law to go DST year round.
This is the way.
2 Likes