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We'd still have the same amount of daylight hours even if the clocks weren't changed twice a year. Its not going to stop people from having "seasonal affective disorder" or "cabin fever" because no matter what time the sun sets there is still going to be less daylight hours. I highly doubt that it being dark at 6 instead of 5 is going to make that big of a difference to one's mental state. For most people that time is usually spent driving home from work. So instead suffering from SAD because they had to drive home in the dark, they'll be dead from the accident they caused from the sun being in their eyes.
I honestly think people don't get that personally I don't care one way or another, just please pick one and stay there.
I leave for work at 5:30AM, this time of year doesn't matter if we are on DST or standard it's still dark out there at that time
It amazes me how many people hate kids, considering that we all used to be one.
Where does it say it's for the chilllllldrrrrren?
Daylight saving time did indeed begin in the United States during World War I, primarily to save fuel by reducing the need to use artificial lighting. Although some states and communities observed daylight saving time between the wars, it was not observed nationally again until World War II.
Congress appears to have felt we were not having enough of a difficult time so in 2007 they passed a law starting Daylight Savings time 3 weeks earlier and ending it one week later. This cost US companies billions to reset automated equipment, put us further out of sync with Asia and Africa time-wise, inconvenienced most of the country, all in the name of unproven studies that claim we save energy.
Actually it's great! One of the best things about living in AZ is the clocks don't move backwards, only forward. I also enjoy not having to drag around for a week adjusting to something that is NOT natural and no longer needed.
For all those arguing what is natural vs not natural...isn't the whole time concept unnatural anyway? It's a man-made, abstract thing, having to change the clocks or not are both unnatural.
Instead of everybody changing the clocks, why can't the schools just change their scheduled hours?
Because we don't want to upset the chilllldrrrreeeeeennnnn! They must be catered to,totally protected from any kind of stress or worry from womb to college graduation.
It might be dangerous for the little tykes to be driven or walked to school/bus stop in the twilight of the morning as we ALL know you don't ever let your 15 year old (or younger) walk anywhere much less the bus stop alone!
How did everyone prior to 1980 survive childhood?
Be careful what you wish for... by going to a consistent daylight we would also lose the summer days that stay light until 9pm. In the tropics the sun rises at 6am and sets at 6pm every single day of the year - sounds pretty boring to me.
LOL, no where in the world does the sun constantly rise at 6am and set at 6pm. Even the equator is constantly changing position in relation to the sun. But daylight is much more balanced the closer to the equator you get.
There's always going to be less sunlight in the winter months, and more during the summer months. Maybe going to a half hour ahead of Standard Time and going with that year round would be the best solution.
Certain states (Indiana, Michigan) shouldn't be on Eastern Time. Although people make a bigger deal about it in Indiana.
Maybe more useful to you but there are others that would beg to differ depending on their lives
you really find pre-5:30 AM sunrises more useful than evening late in the summer? Without daylight savings time, our sunrise would be at 4:20 AM or so in June.
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personally I don't care one way or another, just please pick one and stay there.
I also enjoy not having to drag around for a week adjusting to something that is NOT natural and no longer needed.
They must be catered to,totally protected from any kind of stress or worry from womb to college graduation.
