And now for a public service announcement: Don’t forget to turn your clocks back an hour on Saturday night (unless you live in one of those areas that does not observe Daylight Savings Time).
And now for my semi-annual rant: Why should I have to reset the clock on anything? It seems that I have more [...]

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I just want to add that you don't really gain an extra hour to sleep. That hour will have to be used to set all of your various time keepers! The last time I tried to set the time on my car I gave up after about a half hour. The good news is, it will be correct again.

Another benefit of living where I do, besides no snow, very little rain, and extremely low ambient humidity. No clock changing. We even have had our own time zone on XP, Vista, and Win 7. I think we also had it on 98 but who wants to remember back that far? :)

Hi alfredpoor ...

Yet another "nostalgia trip" re: advantages of living where there IS none . . . . we moved to Oahu in '99, being there for some ~ 5 years before having to return.

Highest ambient seen was 89 / lowest was 66 - - - wild orchids here & there along the walking paths & whenever that became "tiresome" - - there was always Diamond Head & the Pacific rolling in !

And - - No car needed during that entire time, between 'The Bus' & a cab for evening trips to the Concerts / Opera , etc.!


Unreal it was so beautiful !

eli

I'm all fior doing away with standard time. PDT all year!

We tried all daylight savings during the energy crisis in the mid-70s. Children were killed by cars while waiting at their school bus stops in the morning darkness that winter, and the energy consumption simply shifted from the evening hours to the morning hours so there was little savings as I recall. There were other unintended consequences as well. The experiment was halted after one year, I believe.

Alfred

Our experience with daylight savings time was abandoned after one year, too, but that was '67 or '68. We saw energy usage jump 25% at 9 PM while the AC was still running and (back then) farmers, dairy employees, and construction workers complaining over working in the dark too long in the morning at lower efficiency. Then we opted out of DST altogether.

When you say we and where what place are you referring to? Cause you all act like you are not using Day Light Savings Time. Which I completely agree with. DLS is a method of giving more daylight to the factory owners so they didn't have to light work areas. It has nothing to do with anyone or anything else.
Once upon a time this made sense but now it doesn't matter as everywhere is lit to a certain lumen level and daylight or sunlight has little or nothing to do with it.

Brian.

dadden

Brian . . . . 'jordanm' = Arizona

I grew up in Indiana where we Hoosiers said no way to this nonsense. I love the natural progression of time, day light and the seasons. Maybe it's the amateur astronomer in me. Have hated DST since I moved away at about age 16.

Eli, Thanks for the information.

Richard,
I too was raised in Indiana. Grew up in West Lafayette, home of Purdue University.

Close enough to Illinois to realise that DLS time was rubbish. Can't stand it even though I have had to live with it for the past 10 plus years.


I would love for the government to get smart and stop this pointless exercise. Like I said earlier, once upon a time it might have saved businesses money but now it is a worthless anachronism.


Brian.

dadden - -

Brian . . . don't know for certain currently - but Mr. Poor used to 'hail from PA'

As a beginning school kid in Maine, I soon came to realize that the more North one lives, the much more pronounced & longer the nights became - - - with or w/o Daylight Time!

I agree - - it has "outlived" it's intent, now. Should be 'dropped' in the 48 that still do it.

eli