Re:Permanent Daylight Saving Time? Florida Says Yes, but It’...
by ghaff on Thursday March 08, 2018 @06:50PM
(#16548752)
In other words, DST provides a convenient coordination function that more or less aligns to majority preferences.
>Its less overhead to change business hours than every clock
I'm not convinced. A LOT of customer-facing business (restaurants, retail, government offices, etc.) have fixed hours. Sure. They can individually publish their "personal DST" shift--which is of course just like having DST for anyone working for them.
Personally, I'm generally flexible enough these days that I don't really care much any longer though I'd be fine with New England moving to Atlantic time and eliminating DST.
>Its less overhead to change business hours than every clock
I'm not convinced. A LOT of customer-facing business (restaurants, retail, government offices, etc.) have fixed hours. Sure. They can individually publish their "personal DST" shift--which is of course just like having DST for anyone working for them.
Personally, I'm generally flexible enough these days that I don't really care much any longer though I'd be fine with New England moving to Atlantic time and eliminating DST.