I Hate Daylight Saving Time!

[Sonic_Death]

This will finally fix the clock in my car which has been an hour ahead for many many months.

It's a fair trade off for me losing an hour of sleep.

 

[EagleMoon]

I thought it currently had something to do with the kids standing outside in the mornings waiting for school buses in the dark, which is not a good thing.

But personally I'm all for keeping the time the same all year around. Look at Indiana, they do it without any trouble.

 

[SteveC]

Lots of places do it with no trouble. Oh, and who ever came up with this idea obviously didn't have young kids to retrain every 6 months.

 

[MatticusMania]

Why is that bad? The extra daylight is much more useful in the evening than the morning. I'd prefer to stay on DST all year round.

+1


(hey, did TB do some infrastructure change or something? All of the sudden I log in today and the pages are formatted funny and most everything won't pass through our companys web blocker)

 

[elgecko]

I loved getting up with the sun today!

 

[EricF]

...who ever came up with this idea obviously didn't have young kids to retrain every 6 months.

This! ^

 

[MatticusMania]

I loved getting up with the sun today!

What time do you wake up? Im up at 6:30am. Friday, I woke up to the sun already shining. Today, it was still dark, and after shutting my alarm off I would have kept sleeping if my lady wasnt there to wake me up. It won't be long before the sun is back out at 6:30am though, and Im looking forward to it being out until 8pm.

 

[elgecko]

What time do you wake up? Im up at 6:30am. Friday, I woke up to the sun already shining. Today, it was still dark, and after shutting my alarm off I would have kept sleeping if my lady wasnt there to wake me up. It won't be long before the sun is back out at 6:30am though, and Im looking forward to it being out until 8pm.

About 6:15...I guess I meant I love getting up "before sunrise". I feel like I'm getting full value!

 

[electracoyote]

I understand the complaints about DST. But I also like the increased daylight in the evening.

I have a long, dangerous mountain pass drive I do a couple times a month here in Colorado. Last night, instead of dark corners and blinding high beams, it was daylight the whole way. Nice change of pace.

I still remember, even as a kid, thinking how cool it was when the time changed, and suddenly it's dark when it should be light, and vice-versa. Twilight-zone spooky. Makes life interesting.

 

[elgecko]

I *really* love this time of year!

 

[1958Bassman]

Originally it was supposed to give farmers an extra hour of daylight to harvest if I recall correctly. But even that doesn't make much sense, couldn't they just get up earlier?

What did they use for alarm clocks in the 1700s?

 

[Factor88]

Count me as liking it. Gives me more time to get things done around outside the house when I get home from work. And I don't have the option o fgetting up earlier to go to work...I have to be there normal business hours. And I have two kids.. as far as "re-training" them, never had much luck training them in the first place so disruption from DST is the last thing I am worried about with them!

 

[SherwoodGreen]

Fortunately, many devices change themselves, but it's a PITA to remember to change the times on the microwave, answering machine and so forth!

 

[Pacman]

Thank you for using the correct term: Daylight Saving Time, rather than Daylight Savings Time.

 

[fjadams]

Love DST. Wish it was that way year round.

In the middle of Summer having light til 8 or 9 is greatness.

 

[EricF]

I've been looking forward to the time change because it allows me to do a lot more things after work, but my body is not such a fan of the shift in sleep schedule.

 

[Hot Rats]

In the tradition of useless contributions to TB threads, I submit this: For time immortal, man has looked to the clock, or Sun, or Moon to regulate his existence. We need to abolish this silly tradition of time and then DST wouldn't matter.

 

[Stewie26]

I love daylight savings time. They say it also saves energy on the electric grid.

 

[keiththebassist]

I would prefer to have the extra 1hr in the evening duw to the fact that I leave and it's dark and come home and there's less than an hr to get things done. Plus it gives me more energy in the evenings and not so tired so early. Just my 1-1/2 cents

+1

I lose my energy when it gets pitch black by 6PM. I love all the extra evening time when it doesn't get dark 'till 9. I'll adjust to the sleep difference after just a few days...

 

[MatticusMania]

I've been looking forward to the time change because it allows me to do a lot more things after work, but my body is not such a fan of the shift in sleep schedule.

+1

So is this Daylight Saving Time? Or does that occur in the autumn?
Whatever the time is like now, Id prefer it stay that way year round.
I hate it when I arrive home from work in the dark.