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Personally I'm tired of coding around time zones can we just make the whole world GMT time and learn to deal with not having "noons" and "midnights"
Such a terrible idea compared to permanent standard time. There is plenty of light during the summer, so there's no need to optimize for that. The winter is when daylight is scarce, so that's what should be optimized for.
Just change your waking/sleeping hours then. It's just a number. Set your sleeping hours based on actual daylight times instead of the number on the clock. Personally I'm happy they just pick one and stick with it.
We did this before. 46 years ago. And it went badly. https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/30/the-year-daylight-sav... Why do we have such short memories?
That article doesn't say why it was a bad idea. Are we really rejecting this because it'll be dark at 7:35am? Sorry, but that's not even close to a compelling reason not to do this.
This means permanently EDT/CDT/MDT/PDT? Or would EST/CST/MST/PST all be shifted by +01:00? I am also curious if Canada or other countries would follow suit.
In Alberta it just got voted down by a very slim margin, so if the US made the switch I expect that would be enough to swing it there as well. I expect other provinces would follow suit as well, assuming the federal government didn't just make the decision for everyone (which they probably would if the whole US went to permanent DST).
I am an idiot. Would this mean that the time stays as it is right now (after the change from this past weekend)? Because I would love that so much.
Can someone explain why they actually care about this? I always see such strong opinions on it but really, why does it matter to you? Most clocks are digital and change automatically these days and otherwise changing your clocks twice a year is such a minor inconvenience. And whether or not the light should be preferred in the morning or vending is probably a pretty even split. Maybe it’s better to get rid of it (I d…
So now I have to adjust my old thermostat, my stove, microwave, toothbrush charger, and who knows what else.
It also messes with my sleep schedule for a whole week, whereas the body can easily adjust to the gradual changes of the season.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/s623
curious if govtrack is following this development? id be stunned if it makes it out of the house alive, as efforts to repeal DST frequently face stiff opposition from fast food and entertainment lobbies that insist its value.
Such a terrible idea compared to permanent standard time. There is plenty of light during the summer, so there's no need to optimize for that. The winter is when daylight is scarce, so that's what should be optimized for.
DST was good enough to implement while in an agrarian society, so why not the universal clock in a global connected society? Just imagine the precision.
>Sunshine Protection Act Jesus, does everything need to be hyperbolic virtue signaling. Won't someone please think of the children!
Such a terrible idea compared to permanent standard time. There is plenty of light during the summer, so there's no need to optimize for that. The winter is when daylight is scarce, so that's what should be optimized for.
In a "daylight savings only" world solar noon will instead center around 13:00 and solar midnight around 01:00. To me that's just absurd.