U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings time permanent

Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by kibwen on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:34PM (#25648118)

That only works in China because 1) authoritarianism, and 2) because China's population is heavily concentrated in the west, where the time zone is natural. The US population is much more evenly split between the east and west, so you'd end up with a much more discontented population on average.

You could maybe get away with two US timezones, at best. Four (in the lower 48) is already kind of stretching it; swathes of New England are discussing breaking off into a fifth.

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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by jwieczorek on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @01:48PM (#25649263)

> 2) because China's population is heavily concentrated in the west

I know it's likely just a typo, but anyway: it is heavily concentrated in the east.

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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by kibwen on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @02:44PM (#25650031)

Indeed, I'm awful at that. :)

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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by gojomo on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @02:01PM (#25649475)

Why would people be discontented? It's just numbers. West coast office work would happen 11a-7p USA Time, while the Midwest/Texas does 9-5 and the East Coast does 8a-4p.

Here in California, bars would be open until 4a. Prime restaurant reservations would be at 9:30p. We'd get that Spanish mystique of "stays up late" - even though it's all still happening at same local solar time.

(This is a far, far smaller adjustment to lifestyles & habits than COVID has forced! We can do it!)

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