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Seriously. Don't understand why businesses can't have hours like "from sunup to sundown". Wouldn't even need to check the time to see if it is open or not, you

• moltke 5y ago
  Many parks do this. It makes a ton of sense. IMO the best system for businesses that need rigid times would be to have separate winter and summer hours or just make the opening time <x> integer hours from sunrise.
  • tyldum 5y ago
    Polar area here. So, in the transition from summer to winter the day is shortened about 15-20 minutes each day. And vice versa from winter to summer. And at some point in the summer, the sun never sets. During winter it never rises... Time isn't easy on a global scale.
    • moltke 5y ago
      Right, I think local rules make way more sense than DST for situations like that just like they make more sense for places close to the equator.
• Arainach 5y ago
  Sunup and sundown are subjective. At "sunset" it's not pitch black out. Is sundown earlier if I'm in a neighborhood behind a hill? I don't want to have to guess if a business will still open by the time I get there. I know that it's 6:15, it's a 22 minute drive, and the business closes at 7. I have no idea if "sundown" will have happened by the time I get there.
  • frazbin 5y ago
    'closes at civil twilight'
    • withinboredom 5y ago
      Where I live, there’s a few days where that never happens.
      • frazbin 5y ago
        "Closed when bears are present"