US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by Broken_Hippo on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:46PM (#30692953)

I'm the person you replied to - and I'm in Norway. I'm north. In July, the sun technically goes down but I can read outside at night. In December, there is only about 4.5 hours of sunlight - 10:00 to 14:30. Folks here are not doing anything outside after work because of daylight because most folks work during the daylight hours.

It isn't so bad and you get used to it.

If I go much further north, I'm above the arctic circle and it gets even more extreme.

Daylight savings time, up here, doesn't help with light at all. It merely makes it easier to coordinate time with other European countries.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by rdtwo on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:37AM (#30700112)

The northern most parts of the USA are much lower (except Alaska) for folks in Washington or Maine sundown is right around 5 in the winter dark at 530. The extra hour is a big bonus of usable time. Every time we switch i no longer can take my kids to the playground in the daylight after work and it sucks

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by Broken_Hippo on Friday March 18, 2022 @10:34AM (#30722776)

I'm from the US - the midwest, actually. I'm telling you, you just get used to it and it isn't a big deal any more. People say it is a big deal and it just isn't after a while.

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