Daylight saving time.... for or against (poll, government, state, Arizona)
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If you lived in a place where it is observed, hopefully you changed your clock last night. By springing forward, you might have lost an hour of sleep in the process. But that will be remedied in the fall when you change back.
Do you like changing the clock twice a year? Are you a fan of the time adjustments we make in spring and fall, or would you rather have one consistent time all year round?
I dislike changing the clock twice a year and do not see any reason for doing so. It was my understanding it was done so the farmers had extra hours of daylight for their crops, but with technology including farm machinery I don't know why we continue to do it.
I don't understand how anybody who has a reasonable amount of creative thinking ability could lose an hour of sleep when the clocks change.
I certainly didn't.
At about 8:30 last night, I changed all the clocks in the house that needed to be changed, including my wristwatch. It took me all of 5 minutes or less.
By 9:35 (by the reset clocks, I was getting ready for bed. At about 10:15, as usual, I put the book down and turned the light off.
I actually got up almost an hour later than usual, so I really got an extra hour of sleep!
Today, I will change the clocks in the vehicles. that will take about 2 minutes.
Oh, wait, I cleaned the battery terminals in the truck yesterday, so I had to reset the clock when I reconnected the battery. It is already set for DST. So, it will take about 1 minute to reset the car clock.
I just can't see that the whole process is that big a deal!
I dislike changing the clock twice a year and do not see any reason for doing so. It was my understanding it was done so the farmers had extra hours of daylight for their crops, but with technology including farm machinery I don't know why we continue to do it.
Daylight savings doesn't add hours of daylight, it just changes what we call the time. Yesterday the sun rose at 7:15 (or whatever), today it rose at 6:15. There's still approximately 11.5 hours of daylight. It's more to conserve energy. If you don't have to turn your lights on until 8pm (instead of at 7pm) but you still go to bed at 11, that's one fewer hour of energy usage.
I think it's pointless. It's just a mild inconvenience, so I don't see it as a pressing issue, but if it were up to me (and it should be), I'd get rid of it all together.
It doesn't add daylight; it tricks you into thinking it adds daylight.
Supposedly, Benjamin Franklin was the first to suggest day light savings time, but he apparently meant it as a joke.
We never change our clocks in Arizona. Nobody has to adjust. Crops grow just as tall. The rhythm of all life is determined by sunrise and sunset not by government decree. Last time someone suggested daylight savings time in Arizona, the poll was 87% against the change so it was never mentioned again. We don't care that it costs the large corporate entities billions in lost productivity. F___ em.
EIGHT months of DST and only four of STANDARD time?
Dangit, leave God, Nature, and the rest of us alone
I grew up with one reason for this but it was changed again I think in 2005. The reports I read have been consistent for years. Losing one hour of sleep causes changes to us and it is damaging. When I worked, I was up between 5:30 - 6 a.m. When the change, after four months, initially I'm still living in that time. When DST hits, it throws a ton of us off. There is no valid reason for it and I read at least one state (farming) wants to leave it be. The farm animals are also very affected by this.
Change it back to one system and stop dorking around with us. (chuckmann, I'm totally with you.)
I like the fact that the sun doesn't set until after 10pm on the longest day, so I wouldn't want to be on GMT during the summer months. I can'r understand why some people would rather that it get dark at 7:30 or 8pm in June where they live. Do they hate daylight?
However, I'd probably prefer it if they just stayed on British Summer Time the entire year.
I did not lose any sleep. I just slept in an extra hour this morning. No problem.
I do like the fact that it will now be light later in the evening when I can actually use it.
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