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Permanent Daylight Saving Time? Florida Says Yes, but It’s Not So Simple

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Re: Permanent Daylight Saving Time? Florida Says Yes, but It’s Not So Simple

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function_seven wrote: post #100
golangnews wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s exactly what DST is No, it’s not. Time zones and DST change clock time, this suggestion is to instead change the agreed times for work in a given place.

That seems like a distinction without a difference, though. If the government says, "Between x and y months, all work start and stop times will shift earlier by one hour", it has the same effect as moving the clock itself. I should rephrase my comment: "That's effectively what DST is"

No, again DST changes clock time, not agreed times of work (which vary by industry anyway).

Re: Permanent Daylight Saving Time? Florida Says Yes, but It’s Not So Simple

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Post by function_seven »

golangnews wrote: post #281
function_seven wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That seems like a distinction without a difference, though. If the government says, "Between x and y months, all work start and stop times will shift earlier by one hour", it has the same effect as moving the clock itself. I should rephrase my comment: "That's effectively what DST is"

No, again DST changes clock time, not agreed times of work (which vary by industry anyway).

I understand that. The reason clock time is changed is so the agreed times of work across society don't have to coordinate. No organization is an island. If school shifts back an hour, but the office doesn't, the disruption for parents is significant.

Suppliers aren't going to shift their hours if their clients don't. Investment banks won't shift if the stock exchanges don't. There'd be no change since nobody could go first.

It's much simpler to decree the change on the clock than try to convince everyone to change their schedules in lockstep.

Again, I don't like DST. I wish my area would stay on "summer time" all year. Basically shift to the next time zone. But DST is better than the ad hoc solution that you're suggesting.

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