DST Ends

[rekees4300]

Spring forward and Fall back. Daylight Savings Time will end November 6, 2 a.m. in USA and October 30, 1 a.m. in EU. If we stopped using DST would we lose an hour of daylight and could we ever find it again? Wouldn't it be more accurate to call it Daylight Shifting Time?

Does DST really accomplish anything or is it just a monumental, archaic waste of time resetting millions of clocks twice a year?

 

[whistlepig]

Many years ago it was determined that mother nature was having the sun rise and set at all the wrong times. Our government, who is vastly more intelligent than mother nature, stepped up to the plate and fixed this problem. I am old enough to have lived through the horrors of pre-DST time. And for me the only difference it has made is the hassle of resetting my clocks.

 

[Ken45101]

Only a politician would find it logical to "save daylight" in summer when there is an abundance of it, but not in winter, when it is in short supply

 

[KYDan]

I think I read somewhere that daylight savings time was created prior to electricity. It allowed for a longer work day for factory workers. Big business ruled even prior to electricity! I think I also read that it was Ben Franklin's idea, but I am not sure about this. Our state has extended EST until the end of November! With electricity and all it seems sort of pointless. Some try to argue about kids coming home in the dark from school, but that also seems sort of an inane argument as well. If they come home in the dark or go to school in the dark still doesn't help with everyone's internal clocks adjusting to the change. Fortunately, semi-retirement allows for whatever clock I choose!

 

[JDgreen227]

If it actually saves energy I support the concept, problem is, most of us are such energy wasters I think any savings from DST is a drop in the bucket...and it's a BIG bucket.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

DST is necessary because most people are too stupid to start work an hour earlier in the summer. With DST, not only do you spend less time working in the heat of the day, you also have a larger block of daytime to do other things after you get off work.

 

[lockhaven]

why not just change it by 1/2 hour and let it be

 

[forgeblast]

Modern DST was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson, whose shift-work job gave him leisure time to collect insects, and led him to value after-hours daylight.[2] In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society proposing a two-hour daylight-saving shift,[20] and after considerable interest was expressed in Christchurch, New Zealand he followed up in an 1898 paper.

Daylight saving time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[MicroPilot]

...Our state has extended EST until the end of November! ...

Are you sure? Clocks in KY change from DST to EST on Nov. 7, just like most other places in North America.

 

[dmccarty]

why not just change it by 1/2 hour and let it be

:thumbsup:

This moving of clocks is a monumental waste of time.

Once we fall back in time I cannot go home from work and do chores since it is dark outside. At the moment I can at least get a few things done.

It takes me weeks to adjust to the new time and it has to effect productivity.

Later,
Dan

 

[farmfun]

Lets save energy, go back on daylight saving in the spring of 2012 and STAY on it forever.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My alarm clock changes automatically, unfortunately it's for the old dates when DST used to change, not the new dates. So last weekend my clock changed itself, and we were up 1 hr late. So I get to manually change my clock twice each time DST changes......

 

[JDgreen227]

Lets save energy, go back on daylight saving in the spring of 2012 and STAY on it forever.

I like that concept....:laughing: when I was working I was in Facilities Management in a huge building and every time DST came around our operations was responsible for resetting about 200 clocks to the time change..

 

[QRTRHRS]

My alarm clock changes automatically, unfortunately it's for the old dates when DST used to change, not the new dates. So last weekend my clock changed itself, and we were up 1 hr late. So I get to manually change my clock twice each time DST changes......

Same thing with me. I think it's time to buy a new alarm clock and use the auto changing one for a little target shooting. If I would not have already been late, I think I would have done just that, lol!

 

[Mace Canute]

What is this DST that you speak of?

 

[rekees4300]

Just a reminder that DST ends tonight in the US. Fall back, at 2 am the time becomes 1 am. Note only do this once or the time will become a perpetual loop and that would be bad.

 

[JDgreen227]

Same thing with me. I think it's time to buy a new alarm clock and use the auto changing one for a little target shooting. If I would not have already been late, I think I would have done just that, lol!

I'm retired...what's an alarm clock....:laughing: