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I'm a fan of changing the clocks twice a year for the reasons nicely laid out in this article: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/03/why-i-like-dst/ http://w

I'm a fan of changing the clocks twice a year for the reasons nicely laid out in this article: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/03/why-i-like-dst/ http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/03/why-i-like-dst/ >If we stayed on Standard Time throughout the year, sunrise here in the Chicago area would be between 4:15 and 4:30 am from the middle of May through the middle of July. And if you check the times for civil twilight, which is when it’s bright enough to see without artificial light, you’ll find that that starts half an hour earlier. This is insane and a complete waste of sunlight. >If, by the way, you think the solution is to stay on DST throughout the year, I can only tell you that we tried that back in the 70s and it didn’t turn out well. Sunrise here in Chicago was after 8:00 am, which put school children out on the street at bus stops before dawn in the dead of winter. It was the same on the East Coast. Nobody liked that. Changing clocks is a hassle but the alternatives are worse.

beart 7y ago
why does school have to start at the same hour for the entire country?
- mertd 7y ago
  If you shift school an hour later and subsequently office schedules an hour later as well, aren't you reinventing standard time but calling it something else?
phaedryx 7y ago
It would be better for children to start school later in the day anyway.
- minikites 7y ago
  Many parents would have to adjust their work hours in response. Not impossible, but another large hurdle.
- rypskar 7y ago
  Don't DST in practice make school start an hour later parts of the year? Where I live it don't get dark for 2-3 months during the summer and it was never easy to get up in the mornings. The same at the middle of winter there is no sunrise so not possible for schools to start after dawn. I think I did read some place that it was more connected to that our sleep pattern isn't accurate with 24h, so if we get up later we would go to be later and be back to square one.
  - nulbyte 7y ago
    > Don't DST in practice make school start an hour later parts of the year? It's about half and half, when you consider the school year starts in daylight saving time, switches to standard, and then switches back. I don't see how changing the time kids go to school twice in the year is beneficial. And I certainly don't see how sleep-deprived bus drivers in the spring are an acceptable risk.

beart 7y ago

why does school have to start at the same hour for the entire country?

mertd 7y ago
If you shift school an hour later and subsequently office schedules an hour later as well, aren't you reinventing standard time but calling it something else?

phaedryx 7y ago

It would be better for children to start school later in the day anyway.

minikites 7y ago
Many parents would have to adjust their work hours in response. Not impossible, but another large hurdle.
rypskar 7y ago
Don't DST in practice make school start an hour later parts of the year? Where I live it don't get dark for 2-3 months during the summer and it was never easy to get up in the mornings. The same at the middle of winter there is no sunrise so not possible for schools to start after dawn. I think I did read some place that it was more connected to that our sleep pattern isn't accurate with 24h, so if we get up later we would go to be later and be back to square one.
- nulbyte 7y ago
  > Don't DST in practice make school start an hour later parts of the year? It's about half and half, when you consider the school year starts in daylight saving time, switches to standard, and then switches back. I don't see how changing the time kids go to school twice in the year is beneficial. And I certainly don't see how sleep-deprived bus drivers in the spring are an acceptable risk.