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caraher

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9. if you want "more daylight" just shift business/school hours earlier

Wed Mar 16, 2022, 12:35 AM

Mar 2022

I prefer Standard Time as closer to true solar time. I think it's worse for schoolchildren to use daylight time as they go to school too early in the day as it is, and just taking daylight time as the default further locks in that mismatch between when their bodies want to be awake and alert and when they're expected to perform in school.

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POLL: Come on DU'ers. VOTE - Permanent Daylight Savings or Permanent Standard Time?? [View all] TeamProg Mar 2022 OP

Please K&R to get the widest response! Thanks TeamProg Mar 2022 #1

I think leftieNanner Mar 2022 #2

Hmm, In Calif, we have Pacific Standard or Pacific Daylight. that's how I'm used to phrasing either. TeamProg Mar 2022 #3

Fixed! I was surprised that I was able to edit a poll question.. n/t TeamProg Mar 2022 #10

yes, you can edit after people start voting Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #51

"Standard Time" or "Daylight Savings Time" marybourg Mar 2022 #4

Fixed! TeamProg Mar 2022 #6

Please edit your subject line too - it's confusing. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #75

It is unfortunate that representatives from northern states are in the minority question everything Mar 2022 #5

Yeah, that's no good! Rubio and Sinema lead the bill's vote.. n/t TeamProg Mar 2022 #8

Same in Texas, we're in the same time zone. It will be 8:29 on December 31st before the sun rises. herding cats Mar 2022 #19

I remember hearing the rationale wnylib Mar 2022 #44

What do Alaskans do in winter when it is dark most of the time? Mariana Mar 2022 #45

Yes, that's my point. If they can handle it, wnylib Mar 2022 #55

It'll be interesting when the polls come out, to see who opposes this. Mariana Mar 2022 #58

Yeah - no fun getting up hours before sunrise in the winter. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #77

. . . niyad Mar 2022 #7

if you want "more daylight" just shift business/school hours earlier caraher Mar 2022 #9

As a former teacher I couldn't agree more. BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #48

I agree. As I child I found it torture to get out of bed each morning and have never really smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #59

With the young, there's a lot of research to the effect that there are no "morning people" caraher Mar 2022 #73

✔️ msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #11

It's a delusion. You don't get more hours in the day, and the seasons just keep on going... Hekate Mar 2022 #12

Northern states should not have to wait to 9:00 am for sunrise if daylight savings is year around question everything Mar 2022 #15

What does that even mean? You can control the Earth's seasonal changes? Hekate Mar 2022 #20

Yes, they do. In Norway. Meaning that they keep standard time in December. question everything Mar 2022 #26

Everyone in the central time zone, top to bottom, has the same issue. herding cats Mar 2022 #24

Now I am curious so I compared Minneapolis to St. Louis question everything Mar 2022 #31

Yes, we vary from Eastern to Western position. herding cats Mar 2022 #35

100% personal preference Cosmocat Mar 2022 #57

THANK YOU!!!! GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #64

I always preferred Standard Time In It to Win It Mar 2022 #13

I sent emailed my member of Congress asking to vote no on permanent daylight savings question everything Mar 2022 #14

Indiana stayed on the same year round radical noodle Mar 2022 #30

Looks like none of them listened Polybius Mar 2022 #84

Oh, I sent to the House member; they have not voted yet question everything Mar 2022 #91

i dont know!!!! Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #16

Don't care. Arizona does not change. LogicFirst Mar 2022 #17

What are you on in relation to PDT ? TeamProg Mar 2022 #18

Arizona is Pacific Daylight now AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #29

Hawai'i doesn't change either. If I want to call anyone there it's up to me to remember if ... Hekate Mar 2022 #21

I have family in Arizona. GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #63

I'm in Arizona, and I definitely do care wackadoo wabbit Mar 2022 #42

Except the Native American territories Darwins_Retriever Mar 2022 #62

I'm not sure which would be best for people like me Meowmee Mar 2022 #22

I voted for Standard... 'high noon' should be at noon - not 1pm, ya know? Talitha Mar 2022 #23

The way we've been doing it for decades is fine. Patterson Mar 2022 #25

Stay as it was relayerbob Mar 2022 #27

Perm DLST, otherwise the sun comes up at 4:30 AM in the summer. C Moon Mar 2022 #28

NO! NO! NO! I live in northeastern Michigan. Jack-o-Lantern Mar 2022 #32

I live in northern WA, the sun is set by 4:30 in Jan RainCaster Mar 2022 #34

Try Sweden. You would freaking out in the summers here, when the sun barely sets at all, Celerity Mar 2022 #49

I don't care which people pick radical noodle Mar 2022 #33

Up North here we need all the sunlight we can get TrogL Mar 2022 #36

Changing or not changing the clocks Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #38

It changes the amount in afternoon when I'm outside TrogL Mar 2022 #39

Exactly, It surprises me that some here don't get that extending daylight savings time would Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #71

DSL does not significantly save energy question everything Mar 2022 #82

one of the few things Arizona does right Kali Mar 2022 #37

Yes! GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #65

There is a compromise that would work, Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #40

Hot summers - garden early tapper Mar 2022 #41

I'm a night owl mvd Mar 2022 #43

I voted for DST, but I think it should be up to each state to decide Salviati Mar 2022 #46

My sister and I discussed this and we are now both retired BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #47

Standard is more ecological burrowowl Mar 2022 #50

I'd prefer that everyone just go by UTC and eliminate all the confusion. SeattleVet Mar 2022 #52

I want it light late as possible when I drive home from work. The commute home is diane in sf Mar 2022 #53

Really, just pick one! n/t shanti Mar 2022 #54

Neither. Spring ahead, Fall back; perfect as is. Owl Mar 2022 #56

Nope. I want daylight savings time in November and December...I hate getting up in the dark, Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #70

Daylight saving time in Nov and Dec will give you sunrise close to 9:00 am! question everything Mar 2022 #80

I think you mean that you want Standard Time in November Polybius Mar 2022 #85

Whichever one keeps it dark until 7:30a/8a ecstatic Mar 2022 #60

I think it would be interesting to see what people's opinions are regarding this question smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #61

There was this same type of poll in the Lounge? TeamProg Mar 2022 #72

K & R DemocraticPatriot Mar 2022 #66

Don't care. Just stick with one or the other. MineralMan Mar 2022 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Mar 2022 #68

Daylight saving time all year round for me...it is dark in Ohio by 4:30 in December...it sucks. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #69

Getting up in the dark sucks. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #74

Then we need to get rid of winter. we can do it Mar 2022 #76

I guess that's as do-able as pretending we can "save" daylight. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #79

Put me down for being in favor of the biannual time change. Tommy Carcetti Mar 2022 #78

Standard edhopper Mar 2022 #81

I find it weird that you don't want to have light until 8:30 Polybius Mar 2022 #83

Because I end working on the property til late and then dinner is waaaaay late. n/t TeamProg Mar 2022 #86

But you will be out of work the same time regardless Polybius Mar 2022 #89

Don't really care. moondust Mar 2022 #87

Agreed, it should be based on energy usage, health and safety. n/t TeamProg Mar 2022 #88

We have to get up with our animals and birds, so EST or EDT doesn't matter. marie999 Mar 2022 #90