It depends, in part, on where you live. In the United States, the eastern time zone is way too large. Maine should probably go into the Atlantic time zone, and some of the western states go into the Central.
Daylight Savings Time
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Most people have no idea about
15 degree time zones (24 of them
times 15 is 360 degrees around the Earth. ;(that’s not even mentioning Romeo using Quebec time or for you on West Coast, Uniform using Tango time)
If you don’t understand it, I’m not going to teach it here.
Standard time today, tomorrow, forever.
15 degree time zones (24 of them
times 15 is 360 degrees around the Earth. ;(that’s not even mentioning Romeo using Quebec time or for you on West Coast, Uniform using Tango time)
If you don’t understand it, I’m not going to teach it here.
Standard time today, tomorrow, forever.
China laughs at this
I keep late hours for many years, so I get up later. I've always wished for year-round DST. I do recall the one (or two?) year period, early 1970's, with year-round DST. That might have been a Nixon executive order(?) That was all to do with the first oil embargo and a belief that it would conserve energy. The main complaint was about kids at bus stops in the dark AM. The solution seemed simple; start and finish school later. That may have had the added benefit of eliminating some of the "latch key kid" unsupervised time, late day.
Actually, anymore, I would welcome either one permanently.
Actually, anymore, I would welcome either one permanently.
I remember that from the Nixon era. Living in deep South Texas I wasn't severely impacted.I remember the spots and discussion on nightly national news showing kids going to school in the dark.
DST all year would be my & my wife's preference.
Just pick one. I’m sick of explaining to toddlers why they cannot get up yet because the time magically went from 6am to 5am 
Daylight savings was invented to save electricity. So you had to use electric lights less during work times.
Do you know any commercial building that turns there lights out during the day? Me either.
Why we perpetuate this stupidity is beyond me.
Do you know any commercial building that turns there lights out during the day? Me either.
Why we perpetuate this stupidity is beyond me.
I cant believe we talk about this subject twice a year for decades. 
I love the summer with the late sunsets.
I love the summer with the late sunsets.
Adjust time 30 minutes. Leave it alone permanently. Some like it. Others don't but they are only 30 minutes unhappy not 1 hour unhappy. Machts nichts.
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Newfoundland is GMT-3:30, I believe there are others too.
Must, no. More convenient, for some/many. But not mandatory and not universal as is. Just a suggestion so one group isn't completely shut out. Machts Nichts. Just pick a time. Any time. Set it. Leave it alone. Anyone happy, great. Anyone unhappy, TDB.
We have. It unfortunately didn't help, just dragged it out longer. Many things like school scheduling can't be adjusted like that. Just the point of the school bus showing up an hour sooner than it's supposed to will throw off her entire day.
Something I don't think anyone has mentioned and I just noticed this morning is how DST royally mucks up morning commuters. Especially for those who commute W-E/E-W AM/PM. Just prior to the implementation of DST the sun has risen high enough to not significantly interfere with with vision of commuters rolling in from the west side of the city. However, once we transition to DST the sun is back into the eyes of drivers during the busiest time of their commutes making traffic miserable for everyone.
Exactly. No amount of tinkering with the clock will change that. The difference in daylight between June 21 and December 21 is significant and it can't be "fixed" with the clock, at least not in a way that satisfies everyone. Don't forget the differences between the east and west ends of each time zone; that is another variable to consider. The sun comes up late and sets early in December, no matter how we set the clocks.
I don't mind the changing of the clocks. I think some who are complaining apparently have never gotten up early to travel, or been awakened early by a crying baby (jet lag must REALLY be a catastrophe to some people). No one dies from it. We change the clocks once, and we change them back once. It isn't like we're changing them every day for a week, willy nilly.
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People commute anywhere between 5:00 and 9:00.
It's simple...everyone needs to live East of their workplace like I do
I swore that if I ever moved I would live east of my office. LOL.It's simple...everyone needs to live East of their workplace like I do
