daylight savings Time for 4 more weeks?

Sagitta

Sagitta

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This weekend clocks roll one hour forward, three weeks earlier than usual. Clocks will roll back 1 hour in November, one week later than usual. So, a total of 4 more weeks extra.

What is your opinion on that? Will it benefit you, or not? Discuss.
 
i'm excited! It will be really nice, becouse I have a night class and have to walk across my campus in the dark to get to my car. Also I love the sun!
 
what then when the clocks are rolled back later then they used to at the end of the year. Won't you then have to walk to the car in the dark, when before you didn't have to?
 
For me it will be a drag. I have a friend in Phoenix who I talk to on a very regular basis and daylight savings means that we *aren't* in the same time zone anymore, which means that unlimited nights and weekends starts at 10 pm instead of 9... :(
 
I'm of two minds -- seems like they didn't go far enough... All the studies I saw back when this was being debated show that simply switching all the US timezones one zone over (ie making it always daylight savings time) saves the most energy and gives most useful daylight.

However, at some of the higher (but not "extreme") ones doing so would mean that school kids are waiting for the bus in the dark and that was the main argument put forward to still keep some standard time.... However, I have to wonder about that rationale -- as I remember always waiting for the school bus in twilight in the winter as a grade schooler in MA... Not sure what latitudes drove the decision....
 
When I lived in New Hampshire and had to get the bus at 6:30am, it was completely dark during the winter. I had to walk down my 1/5th mile driveway with a flashlight.

I survived, somehow, though. :)

As an urbanite, I don't understand what good daylight savings time does anyone, and find the whole thing confusing. I'll be at a dance competition this weekend, dancing on Sunday, right after the change. You can be sure that some students, teachers, and maybe even officials will mess up and be an hour late.
 
NielsenE said:
I'm of two minds -- seems like they didn't go far enough... All the studies I saw back when this was being debated show that simply switching all the US timezones one zone over (ie making it always daylight savings time) saves the most energy and gives most useful daylight.

However, at some of the higher (but not "extreme") ones doing so would mean that school kids are waiting for the bus in the dark and that was the main argument put forward to still keep some standard time.... However, I have to wonder about that rationale -- as I remember always waiting for the school bus in twilight in the winter as a grade schooler in MA... Not sure what latitudes drove the decision....
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We did try that circa 1980, starting 01 Jan. Big public uproar against it. Most visible complaint was children going to school in the dark.

BTW, we also had it year-round during WWII (and I think also WWI), only we called it "war time".
 
Laura said:
I'll be at a dance competition this weekend, dancing on Sunday, right after the change. You can be sure that some students, teachers, and maybe even officials will mess up and be an hour late.
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Oh, definitely.

For example, I didn't even know they had changed anything until I saw this thread!

So the time change is this Sunday, then?
 
Daylight savings time is just stupid. Its just like cutting off one end of a string and tying it on the other end to make the string longer.
 
Sagitta said:
This weekend clocks roll one hour forward, three weeks earlier than usual. Clocks will roll back 1 hour in November, one week later than usual. So, a total of 4 more weeks extra.

What is your opinion on that? Will it benefit you, or not? Discuss.
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I'd just wish someone would decide on a time, set it, and leave it years round, instead of all this changing clock stuff every so often. :roll:
 
Joe said:
Daylight savings time is just stupid. Its just like cutting off one end of a string and tying it on the other end to make the string longer.
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My sentiments exactly. I know quite a few people with small kids who will have a really tough time getting their kids to bed and up at a different time.
 
NielsenE said:
I'm of two minds -- seems like they didn't go far enough... All the studies I saw back when this was being debated show that simply switching all the US timezones one zone over (ie making it always daylight savings time) saves the most energy and gives most useful daylight.

However, at some of the higher (but not "extreme") ones doing so would mean that school kids are waiting for the bus in the dark and that was the main argument put forward to still keep some standard time.... However, I have to wonder about that rationale -- as I remember always waiting for the school bus in twilight in the winter as a grade schooler in MA... Not sure what latitudes drove the decision....
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I didn't think kids even waited for busses or walked to bus stops by themselves anymore.

Seems to me, the high school kids drive. The middle and lower school kids either get driven to school, driven to the bus stop (where they wait in the car), or walked to the bus stop by mom or dad (and then mom and dad wait with them). It blows my mind. My mom stopped walking me to the buss stop at first grade--and yeah we walked there and stood there in the dark.
 
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