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 kstrauser on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:36PM (#25648153)

You are absolutely, 100% right about this. I am astronomically offended at the idea of "midday" meaning "an hour before the sun is at its highest". That's just wrong.

If we're doing away with DST, so be it. I mean, it'll be horrible in the winter when sunrise is at like 9AM (or in the summer when it sets at 8PM, depending on which option you choose), but I understand the arguments.

But if we get rid of it, permanent standard time is the only sane choice.

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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by kibwen on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:41PM (#25648277)

Solar noon is already far removed from 12-o-clock; up to 30 minutes in either direction for an average-sized timezone and even further for wide timezones like EST (solar noon is 12:50 in Boston in the summer). What matters much more than solar noon is sunrise and sunset; let's focus discussion on that.

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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by kstrauser on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:50PM (#25648425)

Right, but it's 12 on average (with an average half-hour displacement in either direction).

I sincerely disagree that sunrise and sunset are more important. We can shift business hours, which would probably look like the federal government changing its hours and everyone else following. I think that's much more logical than saying "eh, we're going to arbitrarily pick solar noon to be 1PM now so that the big hand on the clock will point to a number we find aesthetically pleasing".

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