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What is wrong with standard time?
by wbl 7y ago
What is wrong with standard time?
- jvolkman 7y agoDepends on your location I guess. Sun sets at 4:20 in the winter in Seattle under standard. So if we had to choose just one, I think many people would rather push that to 5:20.
- madcaptenor 7y agoBut do you want a 9 AM sunrise?
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- seattle_spring 7y agoAs someone who lives in Seattle: I genuinely don't care what time the sun rises.
- cm2012 7y agoSince I work from home it doesn't bother me anymore. But I used to hate commuting before the sun rose.
- alistairSH 7y agoI'm stuck at the office either way. Give me the evening daylight so I can enjoy my off-work time.
- dgemm 7y agoSounds good!
- jvolkman 7y agoI think I'd prefer a 9 AM sunrise in the winter over the 4:11 AM sunrise that we'd currently be having if we were on standard time in the summer.
- B-Con 7y agoAbsolutely. I'd pick DST just to avoid this alone.
- Mountain_Skies 7y agoPeople who play golf or engage in other outdoor activities like to maximize the amount of daylight hours after work. Instead of adjusting their work hours they have society and the government adjust the clock for everyone. Ideally the clock would be left alone but not everyone's employer is willing to allow for shifting one's work hours. Also schools aren't willing to seasonally adjust their hours so parents who want to maximize afternoon and evening daylight hours desire clock shifting.
- gnud 7y agoDST was introduced in most countries during WW1 and/or WW2, to save fuel [1]. It _might_ be the case that golfers are the ones arguing to keep DST now, I havn't really noticed. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time#History
- mixmastamyk 7y agoBelieve golf is usually played at dawn, which always kept it out of my purview.