US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by bryananderson on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:13PM (#30689833)

I don’t agree at all, and I think many people don’t agree. What has always depressed me the most in the winter is the lack of sunlight in the evening, after work/school. In the morning I don’t really get to enjoy the sunlight anyway. What I really hate is getting off work and finding it already dark.

There is no “right” time, and this fight for pedantic correctness is already lost. That ship sailed when we started using time zones instead of true local time. Many localities are far from their true noon already. We should make policy on the basis of what is actually good for people.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by aaomidi on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:32PM (#30690232)

The other thing is, since there is no right time we should fight for

1. Shorter working hours.

2. More flexible working hours.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by gnulinux on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:42PM (#30690415)

This is exactly right for me too (American here). I much prefer having daylight after work instead when I wake up. I don't care how outside looks like when I'm taking a shower and waking up. I really like this change.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by Mountain_Skies on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:54PM (#30690600)

I do wonder if some communities on the border of a time zone will end up shifting from one side or the other due to this, especially if they're in an area where it makes more of a difference in the winter than the summer.

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