DST- Why????

[hbarcat]

A large amount of scientific study shows that we humans are happier and healthier when we set our official clock time to be as synchronized as possible with local solar time, and also our internal, biological clocks, which tend to follow solar time.

Whether or not there are any benefits to society to using DST for half the year, there is definitely a negative cost to our physical, mental, and emotional well being.

But even worse than switching back and forth twice a year, is adopting DSL permanently. We humans have evolved to become active when the sun comes up and to become more passive and relaxed when the sun goes down. Arranging our clocks so that we have less daylight in the morning and more daylight in the evening is not good for us.

 

[Confunk]

It was actually the first thing I imbibed in lovely Howth. Sooooo good.

 

[Confunk]

A breakfast Guiness is not a bad thing.

Nor is a Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, or Late-Night Snack Guiness.

 

[bluesblaster]

I'd like to hear from anyone in Hawaii or Arizona where they dont do this nonsense. I dont mind going to work in the dark, I really dislike when it gets dark an hour or so before I'm done for the day and I feel like I should be in bed by 7:30 because its already been dark for hours. Give me DST forever, thank you

 

[BlueRock]

A breakfast Guiness is not a bad thing.

That's just so wrong. You can get a Guiness anywhere. If I'm in Ireland having a morning pint make it a Murphy's!

 

[Confunk]

That's just so wrong. You can get a Guiness anywhere. If I'm in Ireland having a morning pint make it a Murphy's!

For whatever reason, the Guiness they poured me in Lovely Howth was far better than any I've had here in the USA. I wouldn't blame the Irish one bit if they save the best stuff for themselves!

 

[gln1955]

A large amount of scientific study shows that we humans are happier and healthier when we set our official clock time to be as synchronized as possible with local solar time, and also our internal, biological clocks, which tend to follow solar time.

Whether or not there are any benefits to society to using DST for half the year, there is definitely a negative cost to our physical, mental, and emotional well being.

But even worse than switching back and forth twice a year, is adopting DSL permanently. We humans have evolved to become active when the sun comes up and to become more passive and relaxed when the sun goes down. Arranging our clocks so that we have less daylight in the morning and more daylight in the evening is not good for us.

That may have made sense 200 years ago. Now we have electric lights, which means we work at all hours of the day or night and are not as tied into what is going on outdoors. Besides, people in northern latitudes have alway dealt with extreme changes in daylight through the seasons - much more than the one hour we diddle with during DST.

 

[Confunk]

From where I sit, if the clocks had not been turned back the other night, not one thing would be different.
What am I missing, so why did I need to do that?

 

[sleddogn]

2 issues i see, change or don't change with dst, then if don't change, which one to stay on?

 

[Confunk]

2 issues i see, change or don't change with dst, then if don't change, which one to stay on?

Either/Or I say. So long as we leave the clocks alone. (and the Coffee machine).

 

[E2942]

no one on earth is able to go to work

How about those of us who go to work on water instead of earth?

 

[callofcthulhu]

 

[fhm555]

DST was originally credited to a certain Mr. Franklin as a means of preventing possible winter shortages of fuel for whale oil lamps.
As for why this law was repealed and later revived? I suspect it has something to do with those pesky do gooder whale savers creating shortages in our lamp oil supply.
I’m hornswoggled as to why some forward thinking individual has not developed a lamp with a smart regulator using a photocell to inform an onboard computer of ambient light conditions to control a fuel flow regulator to drip whale oil on a carbon conductor ceramic heating element to squeeze every possible lumen from each drop of whale oil while reducing smoke and soot generation by an estimated 40 percent. Replacing a traditional wick with such a device would ensure enough whale oil to render supply concerns moot so we could finally put this silly “spring forward, fall back” nonsense to rest once and for all.

 

[Gorn]

I had to change the clock in my car. It was a pretty harrowing experience, but I made it. Aarrgghh I'm so angry.

 

[Confunk]

I had to change the clock in my car. It was a pretty harrowing experience, but I made it. Aarrgghh I'm so angry.

OK good. Glad you got through it. I was actually worried that you might not be able to cope.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

For some reason i thought it was so kids didn't walk to school in the dark.

I was hoping someone else would say this. That's what I believed too, I think we were told that in about 3rd grade.

 

[Confunk]

We have finally, I think, acclimated to the heinous 1-hour "Fall Back" change.
If today IS Tuesday, then all is good.

 

[Jeff Scott]

There's a movement afoot to change the days of the week every four years to compensate for Leap Year.

 

[dwm74]

I'd like to hear from anyone in Hawaii or Arizona where they dont do this nonsense. I dont mind going to work in the dark, I really dislike when it gets dark an hour or so before I'm done for the day and I feel like I should be in bed by 7:30 because its already been dark for hours. Give me DST forever, thank you

Arizona resident. Nice to not have change stuff locally but it still screws up our TV schedule. Programs that were on at 7 are now on at 8. Or is it 6? And vice versa in spring. Or if we're dealing with business in another state it's frustrating to have to remember what time it is there vs here.

We have a thread lamenting DST about every six months (go figure!). I'd wondered aloud why there even are time zones, that every place in the world would be the same time, but our reference of a 9 to 5 workday would then be 2 to 10 or whatever. Flights arriving at an actual five hours after departing would save a lot of calculating. But someone did provide an answer countering my thoughts, but I don't remember offhand what those reasons were, but they seemed to have some validity.

 

[bluesblaster]

I see what you mean about the TV thing being an outlier to seasonal time change, hadnt really considered that one. I think thats another good reason to keep it on one or the other. I vote DST cause sometimes I need to do stuff after work and shouldnt have to use a flashlight to do so.