Time to End the Clock-Changing Madness

[mystery-ak]

March 14, 2021
Time to End the Clock-Changing Madness
By Jeff Crouere

The dreaded time has come for Americans to lose one hour of sleep as we "spring forward" to daylight saving time (DST) and move forward our clocks.  This adds another nuisance, as it is already difficult for Americans to sleep enough with the constant stress of COVID-19, economic woes, and societal unrest throughout the country.

One easy way to improve our sleep is to end this ridiculous ritual, which creates needless headaches and causes the unnecessary aggravation of changing our clocks twice a year.  It may have been a good idea when it was implemented in 1918; however, over one century later, it has lost its usefulness.

In November, it will be time to "fall back" an hour to standard time.  All this clock-changing leads to increased accidents, a higher incidence of heart attacks, a loss of productivity, and pointless confusion for the American people.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/03/time_to_end_the_clockchanging_madness.html

[Bigun]

Time to End the Clock-Changing Madness

  LONG past time IMHO!

[BassWrangler]

Stop the insanity.

[Cyber Liberty]

Needless to say, the article advocates permanent DST.   

How about permanent Standard Time?  It would make more sense than permanently shifting all the time zones.  I'll bet some folding money that the Feds will force AZ, AK and HI into DST.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Why don't the folks who write these opinion pieces every six months like clockwork actually DO something?

[jmyrlefuller]

All you Southern folk may think it's useless, but if you're going to force the choice between 4 a.m. sunrises on standard time in June, or 9 a.m. sunrises in January on permanent DST... it's ugly.

If we're going to scrap DST, maybe consider scrapping local time altogether and go to UTC.

[BassWrangler]

Why don't the folks who write these opinion pieces every six months like clockwork actually DO something?

Someone submits a bill to abolish it and it comes up for a vote in Congress periodically. Always goes down to defeat.

I never have understood the purpose of DST. It seems bass-ackwards to me. I live in the northern latitudes of the US, and it's just gotten to the point where the days are getting longer, so there's zero benefit in moving the clock forward an hour.

[Cyber Liberty]

Someone submits a bill to abolish it and it comes up for a vote in Congress periodically. Always goes down to defeat.

I never have understood the purpose of DST. It seems bass-ackwards to me. I live in the northern latitudes of the US, and it's just gotten to the point where the days are getting longer, so there's zero benefit in moving the clock forward an hour.

I live on the western edge of the Mountain time zone border, in the far south part of the US.  If we had DST, the sun would be setting at about 10PM in June-July.  That's why AZ doesn't change times.

Only a fool thinks he can extend a blanket by cutting a foot from the bottom-end of the bed and stitching it to the top.

[BassWrangler]

I live on the western edge of the Mountain time zone border, in the far south part of the US.  If we had DST, the sun would be setting at about 10PM in June-July.  That's why AZ doesn't change times.

Only a fool thinks he can extend a blanket by cutting a foot from the bottom-end of the bed and stitching it to the top.

It's always justified by saying "farmers". Well farmers can just get up an hour earlier if necessary. I don't get it.

[Sighlass]

I like the spring forward time but don't care for the fall back time. I like more daylight at the end of the day.

[BassWrangler]

I like the spring forward time but don't care for the fall back time. I like more daylight at the end of the day.

Spring forward gives you less light at the end of the day...

[libertybele]

We voted against daylight savings time in FL several election cycles ago --  it didn't change a darn thing.   It was then that I realized that the state legislature is corrupt just like at the federal level. 

[jmyrlefuller]

Related editorial I wrote back in November: "In Defense of Daylight Savings"
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,418756.0.html

[Wingnut]

I live in the southern part of north Florida in the CTZ. I like my sun to come up at sixish am. So I vote DST year round.  The Sunshine Protection Act, proposed by Sen. Marco Rubio is the way to go.

[Cyber Liberty]

I live in the southern part of north Florida in the CTZ. I like my sun to come up at sixish am. So I vote DST year round.  The Sunshine Protection Act, proposed by Sen. Marco Rubio is the way to go.

Well, the name of the bill is as accurate as any other bill.

[libertybele]

I live in the southern part of north Florida in the CTZ. I like my sun to come up at sixish am. So I vote DST year round.  The Sunshine Protection Act, proposed by Sen. Marco Rubio is the way to go.

Either way ... I'm sick of the clock changing madness.

https://www.winknews.com/2021/03/10/group-of-bipartisan-senators-pushes-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time/

[DCPatriot]

Now that I've figured out how to set the clock in my vehicle...the Keurig...the oven and microwave.

I'm okay with the Spring forward, Fall back thingy.

[Sighlass]

Spring forward gives you less light at the end of the day...

Hold it, The time shift means we lose an hour of sleep, but in exchange we’ll enjoy more evening light for the next eight months. Right? 

[BassWrangler]

Hold it, The time shift means we lose an hour of sleep, but in exchange we’ll enjoy more evening light for the next eight months. Right?

You set your clock forward an hour. So if on the day before the time change, the sun was setting when the clock reads 6pm, the day after the time change, it would be reading 7pm. So yeah, I guess you're right about the evening. But in the morning, it's obviously the opposite.

But the thing is, the days are already getting longer. Here in Seattle, it doesn't get dark until 10pm in the summer. Without DST, this would be a more normal 9pm.

But either way, I'd be fine if they would just pick one or the other and leave it alone (and not some moronic move like splitting the difference).

[libertybele]

You set your clock forward an hour. So if on the day before the time change, the sun was setting when the clock reads 6pm, the day after the time change, it would be reading 7pm. So yeah, I guess you're right about the evening. But in the morning, it's obviously the opposite.

But the thing is, the days are already getting longer. Here in Seattle, it doesn't get dark until 10pm in the summer. Without DST, this would be a more normal 9pm.

But either way, I'd be fine if they would just pick one or the other and leave it alone (and not some moronic move like splitting the difference).

Agreed. Pick one or the other and then leave it the heck alone.

[roamer_1]

All you Southern folk may think it's useless, but if you're going to force the choice between 4 a.m. sunrises on standard time in June, or 9 a.m. sunrises in January on permanent DST... it's ugly.

If we're going to scrap DST, maybe consider scrapping local time altogether and go to UTC.

Nah. I am as north as it gets, other than AK... And I find it absurd to jigger time.

Leave time alone, and jigger office hours. Same thing, no messing with clocks. And Noon is still Noon - The sun remains the great time piece, as it should.

[Cyber Liberty]

Agreed. Pick one or the other and then leave it the heck alone.

Even though I don't like DST, I'm glad Nevada observes it because for over half the year they have the same time across the river from me.  Last week they were an hour earlier, but now it's the same.

[roamer_1]

Even though I don't like DST, I'm glad Nevada observes it because for over half the year they have the same time across the river from me.  Last week they were an hour earlier, but now it's the same.

So, what you're saying is that at bar call, for half the year, everybody just picks up and goes across the river for another hour... Which way is which eludes me. 

[Cyber Liberty]

So, what you're saying is that at bar call, for half the year, everybody just picks up and goes across the river for another hour... Which way is which eludes me. 

Bars never close in Nevada.   

[roamer_1]

Bars never close in Nevada.   

REALLY? So how do you know when it's time to quit for breakfast?
Bar rush at the diner was almost as good a party as the bar itself.