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From last year... https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-70s-people-hated-it/ https://www.washingtonian.co
by shagie 4y ago
From last year...
https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-70s-people-hated-it/ https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-perman...
https://wapo.st/3FcsPE0 https://wapo.st/3FcsPE0
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/19/1087280464/the-u-s-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-1970s-then-quickly-rejected- https://www.npr.org/2022/03/19/1087280464/the-u-s-tried-perm...
It takes about a generation for people to forget about how bad the DST approach is. If it is to be locked into a time, standard time is better... but not as good for states further south where sunset is later.
Winter solstice:
Where Sunrise Sunset
Minneapolis 7:48 AM 4:34 PM
Houston 7:15 AM 5:27 PM
Shifting the time to sunrise at 8:48 and sunset at 5:34 in Minneapolis lacks the impact of shifting sunset to 6:27 PM in Houston.
- starkd 4y agoI fail to see what difference in impact you mean. Sure, Houston gets a later sunset, but it is still only a relative gain of an hour. Minneapolis gets the same adjustment. How is the adjustment's impact on people's lives any different?
- shagie 4y agoIn northern latitudes, the switch to daylight savings all year round means that you drive to work in complete darkness and get home just after sunset. There is no additional hour of "after work, enjoy the still light evening". The change to permanent daylight savings time has much more support in southern latitudes where the more light after 5pm and tourism has a larger impact on the local economies. (another article about the "it didn't go as we planned") https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/01/archives/senate-votes-return-to-standard-time-for-four-months-and-sends-bill.html https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/01/archives/senate-votes-ret...