Almanac provides the state of Daylight Savings Time (a majority want it to end), initiatives to stop the madness (i.e. “Lock the Clock”), cost and benefits, and who’s put an end to time shifting. Here
The Telegraph is here to tell us of all the health consequences of being “fatigued.” Perhaps we should put that extra hour of sleep to good use this year.
We need to get rid of this shit ASAP!!! I’ve always hated it.
“Fall Back”… In order to make sure that at the end of your long, shitty workday, you’ve got exactly ZERO fucking hours of daylight to enjoy. Should’ve been dispensed with decades ago. FFS… The the finger out and cancel this shit time ritual once and for all.
DST is retarded.
DST is gay.
DST is communist.
DST is authoritarian.
DST is the govt saying FUCK YOU.
We moved to Arizona because our Dalmatian never got the concept of DST, especially at meal time!
It’s only a matter of time.
If it works for the leaders, the peons be damned.
Always liked it when I was of the partying age.
Around Halloween we got an extra hour before the bars closed.
They moved it forward a week a few years ago.
Should have jettisoned it then…
SMDH
I’m in the minority, again. I don’t see a problem with the switch. I sleep good either way. It drives my wife nuts, so as far as my home goes it would work ok to end DST.
Joe6
Ditto. Especially this time of year.
Time to post this again:
https://youtu.be/q5q77MQzU2Q
Why not split the difference and then just leave it alone?
Standard Time is when the sun is at it’s Zenith at Noon no matter what day/month/season. The sun shines equally in the AM and the PM.
In Winter in the US (except parts of Alaska), the days get shorter from the Summer Solstice (in June, the longest ‘daytime’ of the year) to the Winter Solstice (in December, the shortest ‘daytime’ of the year). Then the days get longer from the Winter Solstice to the Summer Solstice.
Daylight “Saving” Time does not change that. It just takes an hour from AM and adds it to PM on our clocks, not in reality.
This video explains it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmFpjOgtz4
There are time zones in Europe/Asia that follow half hour graduation.
How fucked up is that!
Ummm… DST changes have zero affect on how much daylight exists – it only shifts it, so why isn’t it called ‘daylight shift time’?
Another way of gubment manipulation.
Put the time on Standard time and leave it the FUCK alone!!
Ugh, instead of the sun setting at 5:30 PM the sun will now set at 4:30 PM and earlier up here in the PNW. November to the first part of March with its short days and long nights is not my favorite time of the year. Baseball will be over by Friday at the earliest since the Blue Jays just beat the Dodgers 6-1 to force a game 6 of the World Series back in Canada and then the dreary days of late fall and early winter begin.
“in a country where they turn back time….”
“if i could turn back time…..”
“time time time…see what you’ve done to me?”
“does anyone really know what time it is?”
does anybody really care?
The trouble is half the people want it fixed at Standard Time and half want it fixed at Savings Time, so half the people will be pissed off no matter what, so it’s a losing proposition for the politicians.
I work outside ALL FKN YEAR!
I prefer DST it EXTENDS SUMMER SUNLIGHT for me in a FROZEN COMMIE SHITHOLE in the SUMMER & Gets me HOME earlier/normal time when it is Testicle Freezing Cold/Dark.
Cheers, 38 years HVACing on a roof
If the Jays Force a Game 7, I’m heading to Kingston to watch with my Son & skipping my 35 year HVAC service award.
PRIORITIES! Eh!
I’ll hit 40 years working, but to watch the WORLD SERIES with your SON & his college friends, PRICELESS! I’ll buy the Tequila & KEG!
I was at the 1993 when they won their 2nd & Smokin Joe Carter Popped it out of the Park where me and my future wife were sitting.
Blue Jays are one of the only Toronto things I Give a SH!T about up here.
cheers
That’s me in case anyone wants to DUMP on me.
I’m in the I don’t care camp. Been doing it all my life and not as many clocks to change since digital (for the most part) takes care of itself.
Kcir – from Canuckistan: major dittos!
I love DST.
Screw every old fart who is so delicate they can’t adjust their sleeptime a little, or who has so few problems to deal with in their lives that they have to whine about a non-issue that gives people who actually work for a living, especially parents with school-age children a little extra time after work to enjoy the good weather in the spring and summer.
“EXTENDS SUMMER SUNLIGHT”
Uhhh … really?
That’s delusional. Don’t be a slave to the hands on the clock, or to the assholes in the Capital who tell you where to set it. The Sun doesn’t GAF what time you claim it is.
Change it half an hour and leave it alone.
Call it a compromise for both sides.
NOT THAT ANONYMOUS, (DESK JOCKEY)
OBVIOUSLY, BUT even the RETARDS I work with get that you dont work OUTDOORS, ON A ROOF, BY YOURSELF with HIGH VOLTAGE, NATURAL GAS, & VERY FAST SPINNING BLADES, ON AN ICY ROOF, IN THE DARK.
SUN UP, to SUNSET with SHORTER SUNLIGHT due to the TILT of the earth, IF that helps…
SHORTER HOURS in WINTER PLUS the PIGEON SHIT is FROZEN
Otherwise, DIFFERENT TIM’s take is PERFECT!
I’m more in favor of locking in DLS. I hate the sudden switch in the fall when it starts getting dark before 4:00 pm.
Now I get to come home from work and try to rake leaves in the dark.
Wife collects clocks.
Wind them up day is Sunday on the seven day clocks.
Spring is no problem.
Fall sucks donkey dick.
Cycle through eleven hours with the chiming.
I’m retired, time means nothing to me
‘Standard Time’ – Your reward for getting up early for six months is one night with an extra hour of sleep!
😒😟🤨😕😏🤣
All the joys of jet lag, without the TSA patdown and little bag of pretzels…
Leave the clocks alone. Want the “extra” daylight in the after-work period? Then change your waking hours.
Sippin’ Covfefe – For some reason jet lag didn’t affect me until the week after my return.
Maybe that’s cuz it took a week to dry out… I dunno.
Not that Anonymous says doesn’t extend daylight hours. Sippin’ Covfefe says “change your waking hours.”
More non-working, non-paremting and/or clueless old farts who don’t know that school and work hours don’t change, don’t care if working people have a little extra daylight WHEN THE WORK DAY IS DONE to spend with kids or just enjoying the good weather.
(And no, if you leave the whole year at DST, 9-5’ers are commuting to work amd kids are walking to school in the dark during the winter.)