Since several DST articles have been posted this week as we approach a DST-event weekend, I have found it interesting to read the comments on HN. My own commen

Since several DST articles have been posted this week as we approach a DST-event weekend, I have found it interesting to read the comments on HN. My own comment [1] on Florida's vote to use permanent DST (assuming the federal government will allow it) expressed my sentiment as succinctly as I could. But I want to make one more point to counter a sentiment I've seen in these threads. Most of us who out of convenience characterize ourselves as "anti-DST" don't much care if we have permanent standard time or permanent "daylight-saving" (summer) time. The specific singular timezone we select is inconsequential in my mind, as long as it is in fact singular. What anti-DST means to me is being opposed to the twice-annual madness of changing every clock in the nation. As I said in my other comment, these clock changes cause countless small nuisances, immeasurable drowsiness and lost productivity, and a non-trivial number of injuries or worse. So shift every state one timezone eastward, but do so and be done with clock adjustments once and for all. And yes, there are bigger problems in the world. But unlike solving healthcare, abolishing DST is just a decision. There's no hard problem to solve—just remove it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16547740 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16547740