Spring forward tonight
Tonight the clocks get moved one hour ahead. I love the shift to increased sunlight hours at the end of the day.
Tonight the clocks get moved one hour ahead. I love the shift to increased sunlight hours at the end of the day.
Dreading it, as my wife and I do, every year. I have never been a morning person. Making them darker only makes the challenge to rise timely all the more intense
What I mind is not DST per se but the twice-yearly time change; it disrupts my sleep pattern for several days, not to mention the nuisance of having to set several clocks and watches either forward or backward. I’ve often wished that the gummint would pick either standard time or DST and stick with it year round– as long as TPTB don’t call it the Great Reset!
Thanks for the reminder.
I’m an agnostic on DST. I can take it or leave it.
My only complaint is in having to remember it. I do like gaining more sunlight.
Here in Germany it springs forward on March 27. so I have to calculate the time difference between here and the US for 2 weeks. Then I can get back my normal 6-hour difference.
Thanks to Daylight Saving Time, we can all enjoy the benefits of jet lag without leaving home.
I hate resetting all my clocks twice a year.
DST forever.
DST forever, or Standard time forever. Preferably the first, but I hate the spring one-hour shift.
bof: silver linings… 🙂
In the fall the hour I “gain” is spent resetting all the clocks. In the spring I lose two hours.
bof – practice makes perfect 🙂
live long and change your clocks as often as you are able to do so.
Or consider the alternative.
I read a good article yesterday (good = against switching back and forth; I’m neutral on what should be the “real” time).
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/daylight-saving-time-clocks-change-march-13-2022
He does give some good arguments.
In searching for it among my bookmarks, look what else I found!
https://www.thenewneo.com/2020/03/09/permanent-daylight-saving-time/
(Bonus: ballet clip)
Why should we stop flip-flopping?
(2020; most behind paywall)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/heres-why-health-experts-want-to-stop-daylight-saving-time-11583340628?tesla=y
A more recent opinion by Scott Johnson, which references an old NPR story.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/03/redistributing-daylight-3.php
Actually, you can get electricity from a potato, to power your lights in the early DST dawn; it’s done in grade-school science classes and old Cub Scout manuals.
https://www.vedantu.com/physics/potato-battery-experiment
NPR’s post is somewhat informative, neutral on pros and cons, and blessedly non-ideological.
They couldn’t blame Trump for anything in 2014.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/08/287854200/daylight-savings-time-set-your-clocks-ahead-tonight
I remember the days when you could debate the assertions of the “experts” – without being cancelled, jailed, or accused of wanting to assassinate The Science.
As usual, at Neo’s post, there was an elevated, urbane, and civil discussion of the question at hand. I’ll recapitulate one comment (just happens to be mine, no favoritism here or anything).
Class dismissed.
FWIW
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10616433/Senate-PASSES-bill-make-daylight-savings-time-permanent.html