Yea, but which way? Folks on the eastern side of a TZ would want DST all the time - Boston, NYC, Chi-town, Denver. Those on the west side want ST all the time - Detroit, TX, KC, SLC, PHX. Me, I say to h with the east side folks.We should move the clocks once by 30 minutes and then never touch the darn things again.
Yea, but which way? Folks on the eastern side of a TZ would want DST all the time - Boston, NYC, Chi-town, Denver. Those on the west side want ST all the time - Detroit, TX, KC, SLC, PHX. Me, I say to h with the east side folks.
Gotcha!
I think the whole world do the time changes on the same days except the USA.
The US extended it by a month but it was in 2007. Why were they extending it in modern times? No idea. Probably political?Yes - US changed the spring time to earlier a decade or so ago?
For a couple of weeks we have an extra hour of difference from aeurooe.
Where is the answer "I like it and wish it was all year long!"
SUMMER SOLSTICE | WINTER SOLSTICE | ||||
Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise | Sunset | ||
DST | EST | ||||
Eastern edge | 5:30 AM | 9:00 PM | 7:15 AM | 4:30 PM | |
Western edge | 6:30 AM | 10:00 PM | 8:15 AM | 5:30 PM | |
Standard time only | EST | EST | |||
Eastern edge | 4:30 AM | 8:00 PM | 7:15 AM | 4:30 PM | |
Western edge | 5:30 AM | 9:00 PM | 8:15 AM | 5:30 PM | |
+1Indifferent except it's a pain convincing the dog that no, it's not time for dinner yet in the fall.
Well if DST all year, western edge folks have a winter sunrise of 915 by your table. That might be a problem. But you chose not to list that effect.I like DST because I am on the eastern edge of my timezone, and towards the end of May, the sun would start rising before 4:30 am if we stayed on EST. I've asked myself if there is a comparable problem for people at the western edge. I made a table:
COMPARISON OF APPROXIMATE SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES IN EASTERN ZONE, DST AND EST
EASTERN AND WESTERN EDGES, APPROXIMATELY NYC LATITUDE
SUMMER SOLSTICE WINTER SOLSTICE Sunrise Sunset Sunrise Sunset DST EST Eastern edge 5:30 AM 9:00 PM 7:15 AM 4:30 PM Western edge 6:30 AM 10:00 PM 8:15 AM 5:30 PM Standard time only EST EST Eastern edge 4:30 AM 8:00 PM 7:15 AM 4:30 PM Western edge 5:30 AM 9:00 PM 8:15 AM 5:30 PM
So I would argue that the western edge of a time zone is NOT particularly inconvenienced by DST at all - the most problematic issue for them is probably that 8:15 am sunrise in winter, which is a consequence of STANDARD time.
And I would also argue that the 4:30 AM STANDARD TIME summer sunrise at the eastern edge of timezones is MORE of a problem than any other issue. AND, the other problematic issue, that 4:30 PM sunset in winter, is again a consequence of STANDARD TIME, not DST. In fact, DST doesn't seem to be much of a problem at all.
OK, I *hope* I haven't made a mistake here. If I did, please feel free to correct and make me do a
Forgot to add that if the world went to UTC I think most folks on the US east coast would object to their clocks reading 12:00 noon at sunrise.
I like daylight savings time, changing the clocks gives me something to do in my retirement.
I like DST because I am on the eastern edge of my timezone, and towards the end of May, the sun would start rising before 4:30 am if we stayed on EST. I've asked myself if there is a comparable problem for people at the western edge. I made a table:
COMPARISON OF APPROXIMATE SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES IN EASTERN ZONE, DST AND EST
EASTERN AND WESTERN EDGES, APPROXIMATELY NYC LATITUDE
SUMMER SOLSTICE WINTER SOLSTICE Sunrise Sunset Sunrise Sunset DST EST Eastern edge 5:30 AM 9:00 PM 7:15 AM 4:30 PM Western edge 6:30 AM 10:00 PM 8:15 AM 5:30 PM Standard time only EST EST Eastern edge 4:30 AM 8:00 PM 7:15 AM 4:30 PM Western edge 5:30 AM 9:00 PM 8:15 AM 5:30 PM
So I would argue that the western edge of a time zone is NOT particularly inconvenienced by DST at all - the most problematic issue for them is probably that 8:15 am sunrise in winter, which is a consequence of STANDARD time.
And I would also argue that the 4:30 AM STANDARD TIME summer sunrise at the eastern edge of timezones is MORE of a problem than any other issue. AND, the other problematic issue, that 4:30 PM sunset in winter, is again a consequence of STANDARD TIME, not DST. In fact, DST doesn't seem to be much of a problem at all.
OK, I *hope* I haven't made a mistake here. If I did, please feel free to correct and make me do a
And after a generation of people are raised on UTC, they'll be talking about how weird it was that the old folks thought that changing the number meant that it was a different time depending on where you are on the planet!
Needs another option: I don't care but just pick one zone and enough with the back and forth twice year. Pick one and stick with it, is my preference.
Depends on whom you ask.