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Re:Daylight saving time is 'not helpful' and has 'no upsides... by Something1234 on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:20PM (#29069812)
let's end the fall back, and stay on DST. It's the time change that is stupid. It's more about when we want the light for our schedules.
Re:Daylight saving time is 'not helpful' and has 'no upsides... by codazoda on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:23PM (#29069859)
That’s what Utah plans to do but there is currently a federal law that prohibits the use of permanent DST. Utah, California, and a couple other states have asked the federal government to change that law and I believe there are plans to consider it soon.

Utah has passed a law that makes DST permanent as soon as the federal law is removed.

Edit: On further review, this seems to have died in committee.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6331...

Re:Daylight saving time is 'not helpful' and has 'no upsides... by WarOnPrivacy on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:30PM (#29070867)
Florida passed theirs. Other states too but I don't recall which.
Re:Daylight saving time is 'not helpful' and has 'no upsides... by kstrauser on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:35PM (#29070017)
This is the worst option. Since we started caring about time, "noon" has meant "when the sun is straight overhead". Unless there's a parallel push to change noon to 1PM (and midnight to 1AM), I'd fight that tooth and nail.
Re:Daylight saving time is 'not helpful' and has 'no upsides... by dml2135 on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:41PM (#29070123)
Correct me if I'm wrong but actual "high noon" and 12pm don't currently line up except for a couple days a year, do they?
Re:Daylight saving time is 'not helpful' and has 'no upsides... by kstrauser on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:16PM (#29070660)
Sure, but not by a huge amount, and less than an hour.

Time zones themselves mean that "solar noon" is rounded anyway, but they at least try to roughly go along with it.