Poll: Daylight Saving Time

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Poll: Daylight Saving Time

 
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I have noticed that a person's opinion of DLS often has a lot to do with where they live within the time zone. We happen to be close to the middle of ours which ideal I think.
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I dream that someday we'll get rid of time zones and just all go to UTC, and in local areas just post the UTC hours.
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appleman2006 wrote:I have noticed that a person's opinion of DLS often has a lot to do with where they live within the time zone. We happen to be close to the middle of ours which ideal I think.
"middle," east-west, or north-south, or both?
i was a little surprised that Quebec would not want DST.

results of this poll, so far, seem to reflect only 3 of 27 liked DST .. ?
(or, is it that 100% would prefer no time changes? i.e., pick one, and stick with it?)

at this point, we're now on Standard Time only 4 months!
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I would prefer that they just leave it at real time, all of the time. Second choice would be to pick one or the other, and then leave it alone. I don't use an alarm clock. Almost never. I wake up by my internal clock, and it takes me a long time to adjust to these time changes. Also, when I was a kid, before they started it up again (at least in Oklahoma), I could just check the sun's position, and could tell you the time within 10 minutes or so. Not now, but possibly it is more difficult here in Ohio than there anyway, since I don't think that our days varied as much as here.
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Since we are on Standard Time only 4 months, it would make sense to just stick with Daylight Saving Time year round. If the dark hours in the morning are a problem for some people in the winter, they could just adjust their schedule—which they effectively have to do now anyway.

As an added bonus, the parts of Indiana that didn't observe DST would go back to exactly what they used to be, and Arizona would end up having the same time zone as California and the rest of the west coast.
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It does not surprise me that Quebec does not like DST. They are on the eastern side of their zone. For them it would have the same effect as Indiana. And there are several reasons why Indiana does not change.

Also the closer you are to a timeline border the more of a pain it is to always make sure everyone you are dealing with is on the same page time wise. Someone like myself who lives at least 6 to 7 hours travel time from the line has a hard time appreciating that inconvenience. It simply is not that big a deal around here.

I am curious how Josh's idea would work. Would that not create even more confusion as to who is on what time?
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DST is evil. It is the retailers who are driving it. They find people will shop longer in the evening if it is lighter and spend more money. States like it because they get more sales tax from more sales.

Once again, government finding a way to get more money from us. Government is evil too. As long as I am on the evil list, add internet forums. They are evil too, along with climate change deniers. Oh, wait. I am one of them so they can't be all evil. Just most of them. 8-)
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"stupid" isn't always evil. but it can be difficult to reverse.

Neto, i agree, our internal clocks are most important (and science supports this.)
doctors now routinely ask about sleep on most visits, regardless of age of patient. that's a change. sleep problems can mimic or worsen other problems.

i recall disliking the alarm clock so much as a child, i taught myself to wake just before the alarm, it's been a lifelong tool. much better than any other.

on occasion, i will use an alarm, just in case .. but, somehow, i usually manage to wake before
"the evil disturbance." :P
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Let's be honest, folks.
We can't even get away from the Imperial system- DST isn't going anywhere..
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KingdomBuilder wrote:Let's be honest, folks.
We can't even get away from the Imperial system- DST isn't going anywhere..
Alberta is giving serious consideration to switching to central time zone and then keeping it the same all year around, like Saskatchewan does. That would be the same as going to DST and staying on it.

Unfortunately it's too late for this year. They are looking at 2019.
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