Permanent Day light savings time?

[Hardline]

Yay or nay?

 

[DallasEast]

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[Reality]

I prefer Permanent Standard Time.

Beyond that, I've always thought DST was implemented backwards.

I get why they did it back before most places had electricity but since then, it has really been illogical to me with how it is implemented.

Think about it ..

On the longest days of the year, you set the clock ahead so the sun sets even later on top of daylight being longer.

On the shortest days of the year, you set the clock back so the sun sets earlier on top of daylight being shorter.

That means on the longest day (daylight wise), the sun sets around 8:30pm on average while on the shortest day, the sun sets at 5:00pm on average.

That's a 3.5 hour shift of having daylight at different times of the year.

If DST had been reversed, the sunset would have happened at 7:30pm and 6:00pm bringing them closer together.

That would have led to more consistent daylight/night pattern throughout the year.

We won't have that with permanent Daylight Savings Time or Standard Time, but at least it will be better than what we have now.

 

[Vtwin]

If we were on standard time right now sunrise would have been at 4:23 today where I'm sitting. For comparison, in Dallas sunrise would be 5:30 today. Some folks might be ok with a 4:23 sunrise but I'm not one of them. lol

The other side of that coin is that on 12/21 sunset here on standard time will be at 4:15 and there will be 8 hours 50 minutes of daylight. In Dallas sunset will be at 5:25 and there will be 10 hours of daylight.

The big variance from north to south is a major reason for the differing opinions.

Put me down as all in on staying on DST. That extra hour of afternoon sun in November through January is huge at 45 degrees longitude.