That doesn't make sense for anyone far from the equator. Here on the shortest day the sun rises at 9 and sets at 4 (7 hours daylight). On the longest it rises a

That doesn't make sense for anyone far from the equator. Here on the shortest day the sun rises at 9 and sets at 4 (7 hours daylight). On the longest it rises at 5 and sets at 10 (17 hours). The different between the longest and shortest day's amount of daylight is a whole workday.