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Old 01-28-2018, 05:57 AM
 
Location: Central Mexico and Central Florida
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Spring forward, fall back. Darker shorter winter days should be banned, not just by state but by Congress, IMO. We owned a home in AZ for 10 years and not having to change clocks twice a year was a blessing.

We own a home in FL and would love to see this bill pass (even if it does, it has to go to US Congress for approval).

Why doesn't Congress get rid of this nonsense??

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/new...en/1065301001/
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Two bills, called the “Sunshine Protection Act,” would ask Congress to give the state permission to make Daylight Saving Time permanent year-round. The proposals, SB 858 and HB 1013, each passed their first Senate and House committees unanimously this week.

If Congress agrees, Florida would join two other states that have exempted themselves from the 1966 law that set a uniform time for all time zones across the country. Hawaii and most of Arizona are on Standard Time year-round.

Under federal law, the U.S. Department of Transportation is charged with setting time zones but allows states to exempt themselves from Daylight Saving Time, if Congress approves. Daylight Saving Time (when you set your clocks ahead one hour) runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.
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Old 01-28-2018, 06:08 AM
 
Location: Swiftwater, PA
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Spring forward, fall back. Darker shorter winter days should be banned, not just by state but by Congress, IMO. We owned a home in AZ for 10 years and not having to change clocks twice a year was a blessing.

We own a home in FL and would love to see this bill pass (even if it does, it has to go to US Congress for approval).

Why doesn't Congress get rid of this nonsense??

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/new...en/1065301001/
With any system, when you change that system, there are winners and losers. Some companies give their night shift employees the choice of staying the extra hour or going home. So, if an employee wants an extra hour overtime, they stay. If they want to go home early, they do.

Then there are the school busses and we don't want our kids on the side of the road in the dark or do we want them coming home or leaving when nobody is there.

Yes people would adapt and systems would adapt. But I do think it is more complicated than just worrying if you have to remember to reset your clocks.
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Old 01-28-2018, 08:11 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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"Darker shorter winter days should be banned"

You do know that the length of days and amount of sunlight is the same regardless of the clock, right?

Talk about government overreach.
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Old 01-28-2018, 08:40 AM
 
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Spring forward, fall back. Darker shorter winter days should be banned, not just by state but by Congress, IMO. We owned a home in AZ for 10 years and not having to change clocks twice a year was a blessing.
With or without daylight savings the day won't get any longer. How do you ban winter? If you can figure that out you should get a Nobel prize.


But I do agree its not necessary to do the time changes.
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Old 01-28-2018, 09:24 AM
 
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I'm for it only if we stay in permanent "spring forward" because having sunrise at like 4 AM in summer is stupid.
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Old 01-28-2018, 09:35 AM
 
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Spring forward, fall back. Darker shorter winter days should be banned, not just by state but by Congress, IMO. We owned a home in AZ for 10 years and not having to change clocks twice a year was a blessing.

We own a home in FL and would love to see this bill pass (even if it does, it has to go to US Congress for approval).

Why doesn't Congress get rid of this nonsense??

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/new...en/1065301001/
Because the majority of the people want it. Don’t like it, go back to Arizona.
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Old 01-28-2018, 09:50 AM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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Because the majority of the people want it. Don’t like it, go back to Arizona.
Do they? No one I know wants it. Accuweather poll shows 82% don't think it's necessary.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weath...rward/43399102

Or this survey which also says 82% want to scrap it.
https://www.treehugger.com/health/sh...ed-survey.html
They also claim DST kills people and contributes to global warming, so democrats should be all for dropping it.
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Old 01-28-2018, 10:02 AM
 
Location: San Francisco born/raised - Las Vegas
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Does not matter to me. However, if given a choice, I would prefer the practice be discontinued.
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Old 01-28-2018, 10:08 AM
 
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"Darker shorter winter days should be banned"

You do know that the length of days and amount of sunlight is the same regardless of the clock, right?

Talk about government overreach.
Winter should be banned altogether!

I cant remember where I heard this, but it was recent, someone was trying to say having kids and living in a place that has winter, is a type of abuse, forcing them to live in an area where it literally hurts to go outside!
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Old 01-28-2018, 10:13 AM
 
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It was a blessing?


Hahahahahaha you have to do 2 things a year, man, that must have been excruciating painful to change the time on your clock....
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