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> It prefers a later sunset, basically. So people can enjoy the evening more. Have more time outside. Spend more money. Why can't that apply when you have more

• gbil 5y ago
  just answering this exact question, quoting the parent comment "after-work, after-school hours" which is for the vast majority of people in the afternoon
  • littlecranky67 5y ago
    never understood this. why does school/work has to start at the same time every day of the year? This is the 21st censtury, we can handle schedules.
    • echelon 5y ago
      You have to synchronize it with every business. Every parent. Every school. Businesses without workers with kids. International. That's a nightmare. You can just say unilaterally: this is what time it is now. That's easy. The interesting debate is that now that the time change is unpopular, which of the two times do we keep? The resounding answer isn't the classical "12:00 is when the sun is overhead," but rather, "we like to enjoy our daylight in the evening after work."
• jgwil2 5y ago
  Most people organize their days such that the first thing they do when they wake up is go to work, and most people also start work in the mornings.