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In reply to the discussion: House passes bill that would make daylight saving time permanent [View all]Fiendish Thingy
(24,808 posts)7. I think you've got it backwards
If daylight savings becomes year round, it wont affect sunrise/sunset in the May-September period, it will affect the winter months the most.
The sun wont rise until 9am or later, depending on how far north you live, and sunset would be a reasonable 5-6pm, depending on how far south you lived.
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House passes bill that would make daylight saving time permanent [View all]
BumRushDaShow
14 hrs ago
OP
Why don't we just use standard time and change normal business hours/school hours. Its the same difference.
ToxMarz
14 hrs ago
#3
It gets dark at the same actual time, the only difference is what artificial time the clock says.
ToxMarz
12 hrs ago
#10
Because no one wants it to get dark when the clock says 7:30 (or whatever) in the Summer
Polybius
12 hrs ago
#11
I've never cared what the clock says, in relation to whether the sun is up or down.
Ms. Toad
8 hrs ago
#19
This was done before back in the 70s, and they had to stop it 'cause there were multiple fatalities -- mostly school
Fil1957
11 hrs ago
#12
Guilty as charged! Having lived in the 70s and recalling the news reports then, which sensationalized the predawn
Fil1957
7 hrs ago
#27
I agree with your original post. I drive every day in the early morning in the dark....
dedl67
2 hrs ago
#35
They say if we don't turn the clocks back ever again that in a few years it will be light all twenty four hours.
twodogsbarking
11 hrs ago
#13
Clever to bring it to vote soon after the switch with so many hate it
question everything
8 hrs ago
#24
Good, it makes for safer driving on the commute home when people are less alert than they are in the morning.
diane in sf
7 hrs ago
#25
Someone tell Fat Nixon that Regular Nixon already made this mistake, and backtracked.
RockRaven
7 hrs ago
#28
And the tennis lobby, the softball lobby, the growing soccer and pickleball lobbies, the little cricket lobby, etc
JustABozoOnThisBus
1 hr ago
#37
Legislation that actually does nothing to truly improve the American people's lives in a truly meaningful way.
cstanleytech
4 hrs ago
#33