U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving time permanent

Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by paxys on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:24PM (#26416447)

This problem (if it even is a problem) affects a small number of students in a handful of regions in the country. Individual schools/school districts are free to come up with their own personalized solutions. There is no reason to involve the other 95% of the population in this game.

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Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by ncallaway on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:27PM (#26416494)

Seriously.

If schools want to start at 8am instead of 7am in the winter, then they should just do that.

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Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by warkdarrior on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:30PM (#26416511)

There are 70+ million children in US, so at least 70+ million parents affected by this "game". That would be half of the working population of 150MM.

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Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by paxys on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:48PM (#26416722)

Not all children are of school going age. Not all parents work strict 8am-5pm office jobs. Some schools/school districts already start late. A large chunk of the country doesn't have problems with daylight because of location.

My overall point is - the equations of labor, electricity, fuel, school, daycare, geographical times and more are complex enough in this country today that it is okay to let individual schools/offices etc. pick what timings best work for them rather than artificially trying to fit everyone in the same mold.

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Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by mattnewton on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:45PM (#26416683)

Is changing the definition of the hours the best way to solve this problem though? It seems tangentially related at best.

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