Daylight Saving Time ends NEXT Weekend

[rgG]

Zoidberg wrote:
[quote=Tiangou]
[quote=Zoidberg]
[quote=rgG]
Is this the last year we have to switch back or did congress not pass that bill?

Next year. Details: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daylight-sa...ction-act/
Nope.

House never let the bill out of committee.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pe...2/2934856/
Well, bloody hell. I thought it was a done deal. Should have known better.
Ugh. What a disappointment.

[samintx]

lost in space wrote:
Oh, poop. I hate DST, even in the fall when we "gain" and hour.

Where is the repeal talked about?

[mrbigstuff]

Ombligo wrote:
Why can't the powers just split the difference and move it 30 minutes?

That's what I've advocated for, it makes us seem ridiculous to the rest of the world that doesn't do this seasonal dance.

[Sam3]

How about if we just keep clocks set to when the sun is at it's highest peak in the day and call it noon, as it's been done for centuries? In other words, keep standard time all year round, as that is natural and logical.

Some states should be shifted to make that a closer reality, as their time zone designation is incorrect based on the high noon principle.

This is similar to what I was envisioning, and I think it would take out some steam from the permanent-DST crowd. Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida all go into the Central time zone, the slew of states from North Dakota all the way to Texas plus Idaho move into the Mountain time zone:

https://bestweatherblog.blogspot.com/201...zones.html

This aligns better with the actual time zone designations, as seen by the straight grey lines High noon is smack in the middle of each time zone.

[JoeH]

mrbigstuff wrote:
[quote=Ombligo]
Why can't the powers just split the difference and move it 30 minutes?

That's what I've advocated for, it makes us seem ridiculous to the rest of the world that doesn't do this seasonal dance.
What rest of the world do you refer to? Most of Europe uses DST, and a number of countries in the Southern hemisphere use DST for their Summer. There are some countries that have never used DST, most of them are along the Equator and don't have the large seasonal differences in length of daylight.

[mrbigstuff]

JoeH wrote:
[quote=mrbigstuff]
[quote=Ombligo]
Why can't the powers just split the difference and move it 30 minutes?

That's what I've advocated for, it makes us seem ridiculous to the rest of the world that doesn't do this seasonal dance.
What rest of the world do you refer to? Most of Europe uses DST, and a number of countries in the Southern hemisphere use DST for their Summer. There are some countries that have never used DST, most of them are along the Equator and don't have the large seasonal differences in length of daylight.
I used to correspond frequently with people based on Japan, and they didn't understand our predilection for changing times twice per year.

[JoeH]

mrbigstuff wrote:
[quote=JoeH]
[quote=mrbigstuff]
[quote=Ombligo]
Why can't the powers just split the difference and move it 30 minutes?

That's what I've advocated for, it makes us seem ridiculous to the rest of the world that doesn't do this seasonal dance.
What rest of the world do you refer to? Most of Europe uses DST, and a number of countries in the Southern hemisphere use DST for their Summer. There are some countries that have never used DST, most of them are along the Equator and don't have the large seasonal differences in length of daylight.
I used to correspond frequently with people based on Japan, and they didn't understand our predilection for changing times twice per year.
So, based on contact with one country then, not the rest of the world. Japan did follow DST for several years from 1948 to 1951.

[Lux Interior]

Sam3 wrote:
How about if we just keep clocks set to when the sun is at it's highest peak in the day and call it noon, as it's been done for centuries? In other words, keep standard time all year round, as that is natural and logical.

Sounds more like you're advocating to reset you clock daily to local noon.

[RAMd®d]

Every time change, same ol' same ol'.

I say keep DST year round.

There— my same ol' same ol' contribution to the MRF same ol' same ol'.

That was fun.

[rz]

Mexico just repealed it. I think they change next week, for the last time.