Daylight Saving Time (Atlanta: crime, schools, moving)

[fieldm]

Great time to be in Atlanta when the time roll back. While most of the large cities here in America get dark between 4:30pm - 5:30pm iy doesn't normally get dark here until around 6pm.

[primaltech]

DST is stupid. We need to pick a time and stick with it.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by primaltech

DST is stupid. We need to pick a time and stick with it.

Be careful what you wish for...we could end up with sunrises as late as 8:45am. Ain't nobody want that! Also not a fan of 5:30am sunrises.

[primaltech]

So what? What I'm not a fan of is two time changes every year, throwing me all off. We put the clock an hour ahead for a while, and then we put it right back? Huh? How does that even make sense?

You get the same amount of daylight either way. The number on the clock is irrelevant.

[Forhall]

Originally Posted by primaltech

So what? What I'm not a fan of is two time changes every year, throwing me all off. We put the clock an hour ahead for a while, and then we put it right back? Huh? How does that even make sense?

You get the same amount of daylight either way. The number on the clock is irrelevant.

Well, it does help make sure we are effectively using our daylight. Once it gets to be summer, the sun rises so early that it makes no sense to keep time as it is, most are asleep when it rises. We move it and tack it to the end of the day so we can have nice long summer nights.

On the flipside, in winter as the days shorten, sunrise begins to be so late that many people are getting up for school/work and driving in the dark. Not only is it depressing, darkness causes more accidents. Moving it one hour now allows it to be daylight when most people leave for their commute.

[tikigod311]

Whatever can be done to extend the daylight hours after 5pm. Its a crime that the only daylight I get is on the way into work. It adds to the obesity rates. Worst transition of the year...

[primaltech]

Originally Posted by Forhall

Well, it does help make sure we are effectively using our daylight. Once it gets to be summer, the sun rises so early that it makes no sense to keep time as it is, most are asleep when it rises. We move it and tack it to the end of the day so we can have nice long summer nights.

On the flipside, in winter as the days shorten, sunrise begins to be so late that many people are getting up for school/work and driving in the dark. Not only is it depressing, darkness causes more accidents. Moving it one hour now allows it to be daylight when most people leave for their commute.

Still doesn't make much sense. We can't change the amount of darkness or light. It either gets darker earlier in the evening, or the sun rises later in the morning. Does it really matter?

[roxyrn]

Just end it!

[BeyondInfinity]

I hate it too! All it does is confuse me. Time should be left alone.

[sedimenjerry]

Originally Posted by primaltech

Still doesn't make much sense. We can't change the amount of darkness or light. It either gets darker earlier in the evening, or the sun rises later in the morning. Does it really matter?

As long as stores/offices/schools/whatever have schedules, it will matter. Do you really want a situation like Tokyo where the sun rises by 430 am in summer but sets by 7 pm?