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Re:Daylight saving time is 'not helpful' and has 'no upsides... by readmorebooks on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:17PM (#29069768)
Noon is generally not midday for most people. Far more stores are open at 7 PM than are open at 5 AM. Far more people are still up at 9 PM than are waking up at 3 AM. And the "9 to 5" song would center the day at 1 PM. It seems that in general society has decided hours after 12 PM are more useful than hours before 12 PM. It's far easier to just change the clocks to have 1 PM be midday, keeping DST year round, than to change society.
Re:Daylight saving time is 'not helpful' and has 'no upsides... by isolli on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @04:45AM (#29078597)
I wonder if it was ever so. Did noon mark the middle of the day in traditional societies? If so, when and why did it change?