I really hate Daylight Savings Time (1 Viewer)

[CletiusMaximus]

The Spring jump-ahead should take place at 4:00 on a Friday. Working away at the end of a long week, then - "hey, weekend!"  The Fall-back is perfect - coming on a Saturday night.

 

[pollardsvision]

Yea, but getting dark at 9pm in June is kind of ridiculous too.

Ridiculously awesome!!!!

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Ridiculously awesome!!!!

I agree, except that it is more like 10 PM here. My only complaint is that if you want to watch fireworks on the 4th of July, it makes for a fairly late night.

 

[-OZ-]

I agree, except that it is more like 10 PM here. My only complaint is that if you want to watch fireworks on the 4th of July, it makes for a fairly late night.

Same problem here. But that's largely due to living on the far East side of the time zone.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Same problem here. But that's largely due to living on the far East side of the time zone.

I don't really see it as a problem. When I was a kid my dad and I used to go play nine holes of golf, after dinner, fairly often. 

I love it staying light late. But I guess it is all in what you are used to. I was in Norway once in mid-June and it was really weird and disorienting.

 

[Sand]

I love it staying light late. But I guess it is all in what you are used to. I was in Norway once in mid-June and it was really weird and disorienting.

There in the summer I guess they get the choice of when they'd like their 2 hours of darkness...

 

[LoadLetterPaper]

Living in a city surrounded by beaches

I have to say I love it being sunny till 8:20 in June and July and my family meets for dinner on the beach to watch the sunset.

 

[ghostguy123]

A new study shows that there is a 5% increase in the likelihood of heart attacks, strokes, and workplace injuries on the day after the Daylight Saving Time switch.

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I can see it.  Not to mention medical errors by the staff who start at 6am or 7am like I do. 

That and the nightmare it is for accurate charting during emergency situations when the time is changing.  

Just do away with it.  It helps nothing and causes problems. 

 

[-OZ-]

Living in a city surrounded by beaches

I have to say I love it being sunny till 8:20 in June and July and my family meets for dinner on the beach to watch the sunset.

That I can totally see.

I like it because it gives us time to do stuff after work, no real reason to complain, not that we can change it anyway. But we need to put blackout shades on our kids windows.  

 

[LoadLetterPaper]

That I can totally see.

I like it because it gives us time to do stuff after work, no real reason to complain, not that we can change it anyway. But we need to put blackout shades on our kids windows.  

I typically don't get home till 6:30 from work.  Sure I can leave a little early to get in 9 holes, but if it got dark at 7 all the time, I'd have to only golf on the weekends. you wouldn't want that on your conscience, would you?

 

[Sand]

I can see it.  Not to mention medical errors by the staff who start at 6am or 7am like I do. 

That and the nightmare it is for accurate charting during emergency situations when the time is changing.  

Just do away with it.  It helps nothing and causes problems. 

Do away with standard time and I'd agree with you.

 

[-OZ-]

I typically don't get home till 6:30 from work.  Sure I can leave a little early to get in 9 holes, but if it got dark at 7 all the time, I'd have to only golf on the weekends. you wouldn't want that on your conscience, would you?

 

[ghostguy123]

Do away with standard time and I'd agree with you.

Just do away with any changes, period.  

I am open to whatever and whichever way they want to set it, but just set it and quit having it change.  Just stupid.

 

[NutterButter]

Daylight savings used to be a lot cooler when it didn't snow 20 inches in the middle of march.   

 

[The Commish]

Florida leading the way in common sense.

Said no one ever before this post.

It's happening sweetheart.....you just changed your clocks for the last time Mr!!!!!!!!

No more "standard time" in Florida....woot!

 

[Bossman]

It's happening sweetheart.....you just changed your clocks for the last time Mr!!!!!!!!

No more "standard time" in Florida....woot!

Hopefully this trend works its way up the east coast.

I really, REALLY, despise changing the clocks in the Fall.

 

[Short Corner]

Love it since the US moved it up by two weeks.  Now the difference is 5-8 hours as opposed to 6-9.  Just in time for March Madness.

 

[gianmarco]

My link

 

[Sand]

My link

If this means "Daylight savings all the time", then I'm all for it.  No way I want to give up daylight in the evenings.  That's crazy talk.

 

[gianmarco]

If this means "Daylight savings all the time", then I'm all for it.  No way I want to give up daylight in the evenings.  That's crazy talk.

Correct. The way it is now. I don't need it getting dark before 5pm. 

 

[Terminalxylem]

What’s this? Clocks and weather change? 

 

[Chris B.]

There's no need for it. The increased rate of heart attacks when we lose and hour is reason enough to get rid of it.

 

[Zasada]

Correct. The way it is now. I don't need it getting dark before 5pm. 

Standard time, all the time, for me.  Freaking love early sunrise.  But I'm a nutjob who likes to go out for trail runs at 0530.

 

[Sand]

Standard time, all the time, for me.  Freaking love early sunrise.  But I'm a nutjob who likes to go out for trail runs at 0530.

You're Canadian.  The rest of don't really expect sanity there.

 

[Zasada]

You're Canadian.  The rest of don't really expect sanity there.

Yeah, up here the sun rises at 0530 in June.  I would be  if it was up at 0430... I could get a 3hr trail run in and still be home just after 0800!

 

[Wildcat]

Why do we still do this?

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I woke up at 530 today. At least I’ll get to bed early and have a good nights rest for Monday.

 

[Instinctive]

I always disliked it...but omg is it so much worse with children.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Move closer to the equator. (in the winter)

This is the answer

 

[ghostguy123]

I woke up at 530 today. At least I’ll get to bed early and have a good nights rest for Monday.

Isn't this the opposite of how spring forward works??

 

[ghostguy123]

I always disliked it...but omg is it so much worse with children.

Indeed it is.
I'm just glad I didn't have to work today. I already get up at 5 for work, woulda been like getting up at 4

 

[AAABatteries]

Still not a fan of changing but spring time change >>>>>>>>>>> fall time change

 

[brun]

I'd be fine if the whole world was on the same clock. No time zones or DST needed.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

How about a compromise. Move it forward a half hour and leave it that way.

 

[NutterButter]

At this point in my life, it doesn't matter but I'd gladly get behind having permanent dst. Give me the extra hour of daylight to use after work. An extra hour in the morning in the winter during the coldest part of the day does nothing for me.

 

[the moops]

I'd be fine if the whole world was on the same clock.

What a terrible idea

 

[-OZ-]

I'd be fine if the whole world was on the same clock. No time zones or DST needed.

China agrees. The rest of the world does not.

 

[-OZ-]

At this point in my life, it doesn't matter but I'd gladly get behind having permanent dst. Give me the extra hour of daylight to use after work. An extra hour in the morning in the winter during the coldest part of the day does nothing for me.

I get that, but I really like to run in the morning when the sun is just rising. Running in the dark all winter would suck. Manageable, but I wouldn’t choose it.

ETA - I don’t like the time change, and would vote to lose it but there are advantages with it.

 

[FairWarning]

9:30 summer sunsets over Lake Michigan are very underrated. Daylight Savings Time for me.

 

[NutterButter]

At this point in my life, it doesn't matter but I'd gladly get behind having permanent dst. Give me the extra hour of daylight to use after work. An extra hour in the morning in the winter during the coldest part of the day does nothing for me.

I get that, but I really like to run in the morning when the sun is just rising. Running in the dark all winter would suck. Manageable, but I wouldn’t choose it.

ETA - I don’t like the time change, and would vote to lose it but there are advantages with it.

Would you get out of work early enough to run in the daylight?

 

[Runkle]

Still not a fan of changing but spring time change >>>>>>>>>>> fall time change

Exactly.

No one hates Daylight Savings Time. What you hate is Standard Time where it's dark early, and the switching. We should be on DST year round.

Altho I'm willing to compromise, the Pacific Time Zone should be on DST year round, the Mountain Time Zone should be combined with it and match Pacific Daylight Time (stays on their standard time), and then the Central and Eastern Time Zones should also be combined into one set two hours behind the Pacific Daylight Time zone (Central Time effectively on permanent DST and Eastern on permanent EST). Two time zones for the US is all we need.

 

[the moops]

Two time zones for the US is all we need.

What? Another terrible idea. What is people's problems with time zones?

 

[-OZ-]

At this point in my life, it doesn't matter but I'd gladly get behind having permanent dst. Give me the extra hour of daylight to use after work. An extra hour in the morning in the winter during the coldest part of the day does nothing for me.

I get that, but I really like to run in the morning when the sun is just rising. Running in the dark all winter would suck. Manageable, but I wouldn’t choose it.

ETA - I don’t like the time change, and would vote to lose it but there are advantages with it.

Would you get out of work early enough to run in the daylight?

Yes, but I prefer running in the morning on an almost empty stomach.

 

[-OZ-]

Still not a fan of changing but spring time change >>>>>>>>>>> fall time change

Exactly.

No one hates Daylight Savings Time. What you hate is Standard Time where it's dark early, and the switching. We should be on DST year round.

Altho I'm willing to compromise, the Pacific Time Zone should be on DST year round, the Mountain Time Zone should be combined with it and match Pacific Daylight Time (stays on their standard time), and then the Central and Eastern Time Zones should also be combined into one set two hours behind the Pacific Daylight Time zone (Central Time effectively on permanent DST and Eastern on permanent EST). Two time zones for the US is all we need.

Maine and western Texas (most of it) shouldn’t be in the same time zone.

 

[Mitchie]

Truly don't get all the complaining, have any of you ever flown outside of your time zone and had to adjust for several hours of time difference, this is one freaking hour twice a year, smh.

 

[Wildcat]

Truly don't get all the complaining, have any of you ever flown outside of your time zone and had to adjust for several hours of time difference, this is one freaking hour twice a year, smh.

“The annual change from standard time to daylight saving time is associated with increased risk of heart attacks and stroke. There are increased hospital admissions due to atrial fibrillation. There also is an increase in emergency room visits and missed medical appointments. Traffic accidents increase in the first few days after the change from standard time to daylight saving time. The spring and fall time changes also have been associated with mood disturbances and suicide.”

Daylight Saving Time - Sleep Education

The AASM is calling for an end to seasonal time changes in favor of year-round standard time. Learn more about daylight saving time here.

sleepeducation.org

 

[Judge Smails]

As a golfer don’t you dare touch my extra hour of sun at the end of the day Mar-Oct

 

[gianmarco]

As a golfer don’t you dare touch my extra hour of sun at the end of the day Mar-Oct

That's what needs to stay. It's the hour change in the fall that needs to stop.

 

[Snoopy]

Still not a fan of changing but spring time change >>>>>>>>>>> fall time change

Exactly.

No one hates Daylight Savings Time. What you hate is Standard Time where it's dark early, and the switching. We should be on DST year round.

Altho I'm willing to compromise, the Pacific Time Zone should be on DST year round, the Mountain Time Zone should be combined with it and match Pacific Daylight Time (stays on their standard time), and then the Central and Eastern Time Zones should also be combined into one set two hours behind the Pacific Daylight Time zone (Central Time effectively on permanent DST and Eastern on permanent EST). Two time zones for the US is all we need.

Maine and western Texas (most of it) shouldn’t be in the same time zone.

Just look at China. It is completely in one time zone and western China is all screwed up.

 

[Mitchie]

Truly don't get all the complaining, have any of you ever flown outside of your time zone and had to adjust for several hours of time difference, this is one freaking hour twice a year, smh.

“The annual change from standard time to daylight saving time is associated with increased risk of heart attacks and stroke. There are increased hospital admissions due to atrial fibrillation. There also is an increase in emergency room visits and missed medical appointments. Traffic accidents increase in the first few days after the change from standard time to daylight saving time. The spring and fall time changes also have been associated with mood disturbances and suicide.”

Daylight Saving Time - Sleep Education

The AASM is calling for an end to seasonal time changes in favor of year-round standard time. Learn more about daylight saving time here.

sleepeducation.org

Maybe those people should work on getting healthier vs. blaming these issues on changing the clocks one hour