RescueTime: Daylight Savings Time costs the United States $480,000,000

Re:RescueTime: Daylight Savings Time costs the United States... by jacoblyles on Thursday March 12, 2009 @04:15PM (#513996)

well, do you get to skip the bad period on the other side?

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Re:RescueTime: Daylight Savings Time costs the United States... by chairface on Thursday March 12, 2009 @05:36PM (#514142)

Unfortunately, no.

In the spring the sunrise is getting earlier as time goes by. Then the clock jumps forward an hour, which makes sunrise an hour later, causing the repeat the op talked about.

In the fall, sunrise is getting later. The clock jumps backward an hour, which makes sunrise an hour earlier. This causes the same repeat, in reverse (aka, trending darker rather than lighter).

edit: Also, I have the experience to back this up. I've been one of the living west of my workplace people for too long.

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Re:RescueTime: Daylight Savings Time costs the United States... by CWuestefeld on Thursday March 12, 2009 @04:31PM (#514028)

[I retract my answer, this one: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=514142 is much better]

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