Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
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Re: Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
#2Personally, it would be brilliant if we'd just go to permanent daylight savings time nationwide. The transition is hard on the kids and living in the northern part of the country, the extra daylight is appreciated.
Re: Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
#3Unless all the states east of New York switch, this is a non-starter.
Re: Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
#4Personally, it would be brilliant if we'd just go to permanent daylight savings time nationwide. The transition is hard on the kids and living in the northern part of the country, the extra daylight is appreciated.
Better would be to go to a single Zulu timezone nationwide. You just go into work an hour later in the central area compared to the east coast.
Re: Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
#5The sun sets around 4 in the winter even in Philadelphia. This would imply that basically all of New England should move to Atlantic Time.
Re: Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
#6I would rather see the planet stop using time-zones altogether. Let's all go UTC, adjust our clocks and schedules once and be done with it.
It doesn't matter what number my clock says at noon/sunrise/sunset. If it is about working-hours coinciding with daylight, businesses can adjust their working hours as needed (and post them on their site without you having to convert to local time to know when you can call)
edit: the link below just changed my mind. dammit, I hate being wrong.
Re: Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
#7The sun sets around 4 in the winter even in Philadelphia. This would imply that basically all of New England should move to Atlantic Time.
But only if you think there should be no particular correspondence between solar time and clock time. (I'm not going to have that argument at this moment, though.) Eastern Standard Time in Massachusetts is a good match:
- Boston: https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/boston
- Lenox, on the opposite side: https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/@4941853
Re: Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
#8Maine is tentatively on-board:
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/27/maine-may-switch-to-at...
New Hampshire looks to be against it so far:
http://www.concordmonitor.com/time-zone-change-atlantic-9808...
Re: Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
#9Personally, it would be brilliant if we'd just go to permanent daylight savings time nationwide. The transition is hard on the kids and living in the northern part of the country, the extra daylight is appreciated.
Better would be to go to a single Zulu timezone nationwide. You just go into work an hour later in the central area compared to the east coast.
I like it that no matter where I live I can wake up at 6, stores open by 9, and lunch is at 12. Imagine every time traveling having to ask the locals what time things happen. Also, I don't think any politician will allow their state to be the state that doesn't have the same time as other countries in the same longitude
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#10I really hope NY get on board as well. Being in Manhattan during the winter, the sun is gone many days by 4pm, sometimes earlier depending which part of the city you are in (which skyscraper is blocking the last bit of sunlight). As a native Texan it's tough to adjust to :O
[edit] my grammar