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I prefer that we keep "DST" all year long. Its more pleasant leaving work while its still daylight. And I suspect that many US citizens think the same.
by ryanhuff 11y ago
I prefer that we keep "DST" all year long. Its more pleasant leaving work while its still daylight. And I suspect that many US citizens think the same.
- eru 11y agoYou propose moving timezones east by one hour?
- rspeer 11y agoI certainly think New England should move a time-zone to the east in the winter. The least disruptive way to do that would be to get on DST one year and never get off. This solar time vs. standard time map [1] indicates that most of the world prefers to slightly bias their daylight hours to the afternoon, and I'd be happier if we joined them. [1] http://blog.poormansmath.net/how-much-is-time-wrong-around-the-world/ http://blog.poormansmath.net/how-much-is-time-wrong-around-t...
- eru 11y agoJust get up earlier, if you like that. Moving the timezone probably wouldn't have any longer term effects. In Spain, there are in `the wrong' timezone, ie they are on German/Polish time. As a result, life still happens at reasonable solar times, but at late wallclock times.
- rspeer 11y agoOkay, but some schedules are inflexible in practice, and "just change the time you do things" is also an argument against DST.
- eru 11y agoOh, it definitely is. Though, DST has a bit more of a bite, since people won't just adapt to it by moving things over one by one. (Because it goes back to sane for half a year every year.)
- riffic 11y agoHow about we keep standard time all year long, and you just leave work an hour earlier?
- lmm 11y agoIf you can write a law that will enforce that my boss lets me do that, sure. (The real issue is that the legally-regulated opening hours for e.g. banks are too late in the day)