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People like the sunshine. Getting rid of DST means you're always getting off work at 5:00 either in the dark or an hour or two before dark. Making it always D
by mminer237 6y ago
People like the sunshine. Getting rid of DST means you're always getting off work at 5:00 either in the dark or an hour or two before dark.
Making it always DST means 5 o'clock will be before sunset year-round.
- briandear 6y agoWhy is five o’clock the arbitrary getting off work time?
- mminer237 6y agoHistorical reasons: American society has settled on 40 hours being the appropriate amount of work for the average person. Starting near the beginning of the day at 9:00 meant 8 hours later people would get off at 5:00. I've heard Ford started that convention, but I haven't really researched it. But I think business hours are now very firmly entrenched in American society and that it would be very difficult to change that convention.