BigRedBuster Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 3 hours ago, funhusker said: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-happened-the-last-time-the-us-tried-to-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent-180979742/ Be careful of what we wish for So why can the rest of the world do it but we can’t? 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 5 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: So why can the rest of the world do it but we can’t? According to this: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/standard-time.html 60% of the world doesn’t do DST. Link to comment
teachercd Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 After this year we will never change clocks again...in 10 years people will tell stories about how we used to change clocks twice a year and kids will look at them like they are insane. 1 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 3 hours ago, teachercd said: After this year we will never change clocks again...in 10 years people will tell stories about how we used to change clocks twice a year and kids will look at them like they are insane. We'll change them again in fall 2022 and spring of 2023. Then we're done. Unless what I read about it today was changed. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 I'm happy about this for purely selfish reasons. I'm not a morning person. This gives me more daylight while I'm awake and time to go for a walk after work while the sun is still out. I also prefer driving to work when it's darker. 2 Link to comment
funhusker Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, Moiraine said: I'm happy about this for purely selfish reasons. I'm not a morning person. This gives me more daylight while I'm awake and time to go for a walk after work while the sun is still out. I also prefer driving to work when it's darker. I’m grumpy about it for selfish reasons. I like to wake up around 5 and be in bed by 9. The idea of it being light out at 5:30am and dark at 7:30 gets me excited. I would love not having to wait until 9:30 for firework shows to start! I would be thrilled to have standard time year round. 3 Link to comment
nic Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Wait….are we staying on daylight time or standard time if this passes? Link to comment
Moiraine Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 17 minutes ago, nic said: Wait….are we staying on daylight time or standard time if this passes? Daylight. But one thing I'm confused about (or the Senators are confused about?) "Senator Marco Rubio, one of the bill's sponsors, said supporters agreed the change would not take place until November 2023 after input from airlines and broadcasters." This is a really weird way to say that March 2023 is the last time we change our clocks. 1 Link to comment
DevoHusker Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 I would be okay with either one but I just wish they would pick one and stick with it. I think @knapplcidea of splitting the middle is ideal for hitting both arguments. 1 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, DevoHusker said: I would be okay with either one but I just wish they would pick one and stick with it. I think @knapplcidea of splitting the middle is ideal for hitting both arguments. Eh... I'm tired so tell me if I'm being stupid here, but wouldn't that mean every other time zone in the world would be at 30-minute intervals difference from us? Like when it's noon here wouldn't it be 4:30pm in England? That's the problem I see with this idea. Unless knapp was suggesting the whole world agrees on this. Link to comment
nic Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, Moiraine said: Eh... I'm tired so tell me if I'm being stupid here, but wouldn't that mean every other time zone in the world would be at 30-minute intervals difference from us? Like when it's noon here wouldn't it be 4:30pm in England? That's the problem I see with this idea. Unless knapp was suggesting the whole world agrees on this. India is 30 minutes off from the US. So we would have partner. 1 Link to comment
DevoHusker Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 25 minutes ago, Moiraine said: Eh... I'm tired so tell me if I'm being stupid here, but wouldn't that mean every other time zone in the world would be at 30-minute intervals difference from us? Like when it's noon here wouldn't it be 4:30pm in England? That's the problem I see with this idea. Unless knapp was suggesting the whole world agrees on this. Why not split the difference and the declare we are then on the hour to keep us in place with 99% of everyone else... 6:30pm becomes 7:00pm by decree Link to comment
funhusker Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 6 hours ago, Moiraine said: Daylight. But one thing I'm confused about (or the Senators are confused about?) "Senator Marco Rubio, one of the bill's sponsors, said supporters agreed the change would not take place until November 2023 after input from airlines and broadcasters." This is a really weird way to say that March 2023 is the last time we change our clocks. Ha! Why would I not be surprised if he meant to create the bill to stay on standard time but instead passed a bill for daylight! Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 This is your twice a year reminder of how stupid this is. 4 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I honestly don’t care that much which version we get stuck on. Just not changing clocks is the most important piece. That said I like the current one as of today where it’s lighter at night. I don’t like it when it’s dark when I’m getting off of work. 1 Link to comment
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