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By "having the sunlight last longer", you mean to say "having the sunlight later in the day. It's not that there's a longer period of sunlight, it's a matter of

By "having the sunlight last longer", you mean to say "having the sunlight later in the day. It's not that there's a longer period of sunlight, it's a matter of personal preference as to when during the day the sunlight is. (And I prefer it earlier and loathe DST.)

wtvanhest 13y ago
Right, I thought that was pretty obvious...
- Brian-Puccio 13y ago
  I think it's obvious as well. However, I run into all sorts of people who are convinced that DST actually gives them more hours of sunlight in a day (i.e. a 24 hour period). If I ask these people how that's possible about half proclaim "well you lose it from the winter when it's colder out" (!) while the other half just admit they have no idea. Just like you wouldn't say "this laptop battery lasts longer than the other" if you started them at different times, I wouldn't say the "sunlight lasts longer" either.
bostonpete 13y ago
Where do you live? In Boston, the sun rises around 5 AM throughout the month of June -- that's with DST. Without, it, the sun would be up at 4 AM. Anything before 7:00 is wasted for most -- anything before 6:00 is wasted for the vast majority.
- Brian-Puccio 13y ago
  Slightly west of you in NY where it rises at 5:30a EDT/ 4:30a EST. I find it much easier to wake up at 5:00a if sunrise was half an hour ago and the sun is well up in the sky. I can get up, go for a bike ride on the boardwalk, shower, enjoy breakfast by a window. And with sunset at 8:30p EDT/7:30p EST ... well, if I'm outside in the evening, I'm usually hungry and want dinner by 7:30p, so the sunsetting then wouldn't bother me in the least. The winter is most miserable when the sun rises after 7:00a, waking up in complete darkness is miserable for me. If the vast majority doesn't like getting up to do things when the sun is up already because they'd rather sleep in bed so they'd rather have everyone change their clocks at great expense shrug I guess that's their prerogative.
clarky07 13y ago
I suspect you are greatly in the minority there (based on both my personal conversations with others on the topic, and the linked picture showing far more red than green. Perhaps you should move to an area that is on the eastern edge of a timezone?

wtvanhest 13y ago

Right, I thought that was pretty obvious...

Brian-Puccio 13y ago
I think it's obvious as well. However, I run into all sorts of people who are convinced that DST actually gives them more hours of sunlight in a day (i.e. a 24 hour period). If I ask these people how that's possible about half proclaim "well you lose it from the winter when it's colder out" (!) while the other half just admit they have no idea. Just like you wouldn't say "this laptop battery lasts longer than the other" if you started them at different times, I wouldn't say the "sunlight lasts longer" either.

bostonpete 13y ago

Where do you live? In Boston, the sun rises around 5 AM throughout the month of June -- that's with DST. Without, it, the sun would be up at 4 AM. Anything before 7:00 is wasted for most -- anything before 6:00 is wasted for the vast majority.

Brian-Puccio 13y ago
Slightly west of you in NY where it rises at 5:30a EDT/ 4:30a EST. I find it much easier to wake up at 5:00a if sunrise was half an hour ago and the sun is well up in the sky. I can get up, go for a bike ride on the boardwalk, shower, enjoy breakfast by a window. And with sunset at 8:30p EDT/7:30p EST ... well, if I'm outside in the evening, I'm usually hungry and want dinner by 7:30p, so the sunsetting then wouldn't bother me in the least. The winter is most miserable when the sun rises after 7:00a, waking up in complete darkness is miserable for me. If the vast majority doesn't like getting up to do things when the sun is up already because they'd rather sleep in bed so they'd rather have everyone change their clocks at great expense shrug I guess that's their prerogative.

clarky07 13y ago

I suspect you are greatly in the minority there (based on both my personal conversations with others on the topic, and the linked picture showing far more red than green. Perhaps you should move to an area that is on the eastern edge of a timezone?