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As I presume you know, Solar noon represents the highest point of the Sun in the day. It seems fitting that the 'work hours' should be 4 hrs either side of that

As I presume you know, Solar noon represents the highest point of the Sun in the day. It seems fitting that the 'work hours' should be 4 hrs either side of that (8am-4pm). Being a 'sunlover' I'm regularly up before dawn so that I can catch the first rays of Sun as it crosses the horizon. To me it's the most beautiful part of the day. Unfortunately, we have semi-arbitrarily defined 'zones' that fluctuate 1hr because of the propagandist notion that extra daylight at the end of the day means more people will be outside enjoying the Sun. This DST causes my work day to suddenly shift so that I'm forced to go to work earlier than normal, & I miss a lot of sunrises as a result. I like this idea of solar noon for times... Especially for overseas communications too... because we'd just need to know the longitude of the person to know their exact time. (Currently, I'm forced to use timeanddate.com to work out relative overseas times). Where I am, the state to the North of me doesn't follow DST (Qld), whereas mine does (nsw) and it creates havoc around the beginning/end of DST. So, at least for me, there are three reasons to use solar noon based time rather than the current system. I'm sure I could come up with more. That said, I go to bed early too, and acknowledge that isn't the way most people live.

azernik 8y ago
DST may be bad, but discrete (as opposed to continuous) time zones are not. Having decent-sized economic and social zones where clocks don't change at all is extremely useful, and is in fact the main reason time zones were invented. I sure don't want to have to think about a few minutes of time difference between Oakland and Sacramento, after all.
nikanj 8y ago
Most working professionals I know are working 9 to 5, not 8 to 4.
- gdfasfklshg4 8y ago
  This is country dependent. Across the Nordics for example 8 to 4 is very common.
- stephengillie 8y ago
  That's only 7 hours. I don't know anyone who only works 9-5. Many either work 8-5 or 9-6. (Lunches aren't paid, that's a WA State law.)
azinman2 8y ago
Except we have more time in the evenings after work than we do in the mornings before work. To me work should be 10-6.
- stephengillie 8y ago
  Do you mean 9-6 or 10-7? I've done a 10-7 shift, it's miserable. Waste half your morning, and half your evening. You have to get ready for work when stores and banks are just opening, and you get home just as those shops are closing. I prefer 7-4 because it leaves a bit of late afternoon and the whole evening.
  - hamandcheese 8y ago
    It’s possible to work 9-5 and still eat lunch.
    - stephengillie 8y ago
      Only if the business pays them for the lunch break. (I was wrong about it being mandatory unpaid.) https://www.lni.wa.gov/WorkplaceRights/Wages/HoursBreaks/Breaks/default.asp https://www.lni.wa.gov/WorkplaceRights/Wages/HoursBreaks/Bre...
scarejunba 8y ago
Why would I use prime daytime on work indoors? Logically, prime daytime should be used for leisure and other time for work. I propose Delayed-Onset-Mornings and say we should work from noon to 2000.

azernik 8y ago

DST may be bad, but discrete (as opposed to continuous) time zones are not. Having decent-sized economic and social zones where clocks don't change at all is extremely useful, and is in fact the main reason time zones were invented. I sure don't want to have to think about a few minutes of time difference between Oakland and Sacramento, after all.

nikanj 8y ago

Most working professionals I know are working 9 to 5, not 8 to 4.

gdfasfklshg4 8y ago
This is country dependent. Across the Nordics for example 8 to 4 is very common.
stephengillie 8y ago
That's only 7 hours. I don't know anyone who only works 9-5. Many either work 8-5 or 9-6. (Lunches aren't paid, that's a WA State law.)

azinman2 8y ago

Except we have more time in the evenings after work than we do in the mornings before work. To me work should be 10-6.

stephengillie 8y ago
Do you mean 9-6 or 10-7? I've done a 10-7 shift, it's miserable. Waste half your morning, and half your evening. You have to get ready for work when stores and banks are just opening, and you get home just as those shops are closing. I prefer 7-4 because it leaves a bit of late afternoon and the whole evening.
- hamandcheese 8y ago
  It’s possible to work 9-5 and still eat lunch.
  - stephengillie 8y ago
    Only if the business pays them for the lunch break. (I was wrong about it being mandatory unpaid.) https://www.lni.wa.gov/WorkplaceRights/Wages/HoursBreaks/Breaks/default.asp https://www.lni.wa.gov/WorkplaceRights/Wages/HoursBreaks/Bre...

scarejunba 8y ago

Why would I use prime daytime on work indoors? Logically, prime daytime should be used for leisure and other time for work. I propose Delayed-Onset-Mornings and say we should work from noon to 2000.