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dickthegrouch

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10. My Experience, too

Reply to EarlG (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:12 PM

20 hrs ago

What EarlG didn't mention, is those sunrise/sunset times are after the daylight savings time changes have been applied.

The converse is some nice looooong days in the summer where sunrise is ~04:30 and sunset ~22:00

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If Daylight Savings is permanent, the sun will not rise until 8:30 a.m. in San Francisco during January. [View all] RandySF 21 hrs ago OP

If they are going to make it permanent, it makes far more sense to make it standard time... hlthe2b 21 hrs ago #1

I thought it was the other way around, that they want to make Standard Time permanent & do away with Daylight Time. ??? CrispyQ 21 hrs ago #2

No, the bill is permanent Daylight. RockRaven 21 hrs ago #4

A few years ago, there was a proposal to make standard time permanent. John1956PA 19 hrs ago #14

That's part of why it got reversed last time -- people getting run over in the dark mornings. RockRaven 21 hrs ago #3

I grew up in the UK, so in the winter EarlG 21 hrs ago #5

My Experience, too dickthegrouch 20 hrs ago #10

Good point about the summer EarlG 20 hrs ago #11

Here's an idea, change the time school starts. dem4decades 21 hrs ago #6

That was Nixon's plan too bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #7

The children will have more outdoor playtime after school. Srkdqltr 21 hrs ago #8

Maybe I'll be able to get a photo of the sunrise, at last! dickthegrouch 20 hrs ago #9

get a sundial Tetrachloride 20 hrs ago #12

I live in the only US state with "permanent time" mike_c 20 hrs ago #13