If you need to work in daylight, work schedules have to adjust for DST. In fact I have worked in places where the local noise ordinance which allowed work to start at 7am was adjusted to not permit starting work until after sunrise, as the citizenry complained about noise before dawn.Wayne in Maine wrote:Often, when I would go on an extended backpacking trip (1 week+) I would set my watch to local solar time: noon was exactly when the sun was at its highest, and sunset was as many hours after noon as sunrise before noon. That was a handy way to keep time in a practical manner.
DST is a useless joke to people who have to mark the day by sunrise, sunset, and high noon.
With modern technology and timekeeping devices it makes sense to have timekeeping that is not based on the needs of 19th century railroad schedules.