daylight saving time

[sherpa]

When did daylight savings time begin, what year was it started?
I am too young to remember at just 60 years old.
sherpa

 

[Bird]

When did daylight savings time begin, what year was it started?
I am too young to remember at just 60 years old.
sherpa

It just depends on which version and which part of the world. Maybe the best answer to your question might be found here. I think Wikipedia mentions it first being "proposed" in England in 1907.

 

[czechsonofagun]

In our part of Europe it started with ****** - needed more time to produce weapons.

 

[Willl]

I wish they would do away with it.

It serves no purpose anymore.

 

[Doc_Bob]

I wish they would do away with it.

It serves no purpose anymore.

I agree.
Bob

 

[SnowRidge]

I wish they would do away with it.

It serves no purpose anymore.

I agree.
Bob

The "experts" would disagree with you.

Personally, I hate the change. As far as I am concerned, we should pick an hour and stay with it. I really don't care what they call it. Just don't change the time twice a year.

 

[Doc_Bob]

The "experts" would disagree with you.

I have found nothing in any articles which can justify the nut roll known as daylight savings time. I know they have looked at safety, fuel savings and from what I have read, DST makes no difference.
Bob

 

[Bird]

A very peculiar thing to me is that I don't know anyone who thinks (or will admit thinking) that changing the time twice a year is a good idea. But SOMEONE must think it's a good idea because we keep doing it.

 

[sherpa]

I dont think they change time in Arizona.
sherpa

 

[JayC]

I hate DST! I always forget to set my watch and clocks. The only reason I remembered to at least set my watch last night was I was awoken by the stupid neighbors. Someone over there was trying to do a burnout. I looked at my watch and it was 1 something in the morning. I then remembered I didn't set my watch so I groggily set it back an hour. I wasn't getting out of bed to set the alarm clock, though (alarm was off anyway).

 

[Bird]

I dont think they change time in Arizona.
sherpa

Yep, and I think that shows good sense, but the downside is if you're accustomed to a different time, especially a different time zone, and you go to Arizona . . . .. In the summer of 1994, I was doing gas leakage surveys in several different towns in West Texas, Central Daylight Savings time. Then I had to go do a job in Arizona, Mountain Standard time. I had been starting to work each day at daylight in Texas, working alone. But in Arizona the gas company wanted one of their employees to go with me. Now I usually liked having a company employee with me, but since they went to work at 8 a.m., I sat around every morning until it seemed like the middle of the day (10 a.m. to me) before going to work. I did not like that.

 

[ray66v]

Well, if you work 9-5 you can still get home in time to mow the lawn in the daylight, in the fall. I like it.

 

[sellercreek]

My vote would be to stay on DST year round. I would rather have the daylight in the evening than in the morning.

 

[Sackett2]

I dont think they change time in Arizona.
sherpa

The time zone floats over Arizona, 1/2 the year your on mountain time, 1/2 on mountain time. When I lived there, I could call mom and sometimes we would be in the same time zone, other times I had to factor it that I was 1 hour ahead of her.

 

[sodamo]

We don't observe it here in Hawaii, but a pain in that when calling with say the east coast, I have to remember if 5 hours or 6 hours difference. Friday was 6, today is 5 - I think

David

 

[ronjhall]

My vote would be to stay on DST year round. I would rather have the daylight in the evening than in the morning.

That's my feelings on Daylight Savings.

 

[Bird]

My vote would be to stay on DST year round. I would rather have the daylight in the evening than in the morning.

Me, too.

 

[dooleysm]

We just started observing DST here in Indiana a couple years ago. A new governor was elected and his first order of business was to push through DST. His big argument was that we needed to get Indiana all on the same time zone (we had 3 different time zones in the state) and that was the way to do it.

Then it was left up to the county commissioners to decide which time zone each county was in. Now most of the state is on Eastern, but there are several pockets of central time zone counties. Its no better than before, just as confusing. I haven't talked to anyone that likes the change.

 

[Doc_Bob]

But SOMEONE must think it's a good idea because we keep doing it.

Folks still let their car warm up by idling. We know it is silly, but many do it. Old habits die hard.
Bob

 

[LBrown59]

*My vote would be to stay on DST year round.

That's my feelings on Daylight Savings.

Me, too.

*I leave my watch set on daylight savings time the year around and take an hour off what it says in the winter time.

I do that because I got tired of changing it twice a year..
Has worked out very well with me.
I've probably been doing that for 10 to 15 years or longer.