DST doesn't create more sunlight, but it absolutely creates more opportunities to get sunlight, allowing more time to enjoy outside activities after work. e.g.

DST doesn't create more sunlight, but it absolutely creates more opportunities to get sunlight, allowing more time to enjoy outside activities after work. e.g. physical exercise. I commute to work everyday on my bicycle through a large city park, all year long, rain or shine, night or day. It's about 3.5 miles one way. I've been doing this for roughly 5 years. I personally look forward to DST just for warmer commute home and not having to night ride with bike lights. It's astonishing the difference in outside activity I've seen when DST is observed or not. When DST is not observed, outside activity in the park on my commute effectively evaporates at 5PM except for headlamp runners (which, curiously, are mostly groups of older folks). When DST is observed, outside activity flourishes well until 8PM. I have not observed any difference in morning outside activity on my commutes with or without DST. I think people are just more likely to do outside activities in the evening as opposed to the morning, most likely because mornings are colder (far colder in the winter), and on weekdays most start work in the morning and/or have to drop their kids off at school, leaving little time in the morning for outdoor activities.