Daylight Savings Time becoming permanent?

I hate the switching of clocks, so I would like it to end. I'm not sure if I'd rather be permanently one hour forward or one hour backward. Can we split the difference and adjust by 30 minutes?
 
I, personally, prefer keeping the clocks set where they are now especially since this is where they are for the majority of the year.

Another thing I like about permanent "daylight savings" is, living on the eastern edge of the Pacific time zone, having the daylight later on the clock during winter. Currently, when we are on standard time, when the sun sets in December, the clock reads 4:00 pm. Like most people, I'm still at work. With the clocks set an hour ahead, most people will be getting off of work while there is still a bit of daylight left. I live north of the 46th parallel so, from late November to mid January, there's less than 9 hours of daylight and no jockeying of clocks is going to do anything about it. But for me, it's mentally easier when I'm anticipating sunrise as my day is starting rather than staying at work past sunset.
 
I am retired but I agree with abcaines. 100%
I live 90 minutes south of 45° and also have very short winter daylight.
Yesterday it was 10pm and still light outside. I like that.
I vote for leaving the clock as it is right now.
 
Tarheel Baptist said:
is that good, bad or are you indifferent toward it?

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Congress might make daylight saving time permanent. Experts say another approach could be even better.

Ending the twice-yearly time change would bring a lot of benefits, but researchers argue that sticking with standard time year-round would be best.
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we don;t observe it in hawaii... ... it doesn;t make sense in the tropics - where there is not much difference between summer daylight hours and winter hours....... in fact - there is not much difference in summer and winter period......

it;s interesting that this comes up today.... because today is the 2nd lahaina noon of the year... . the day the sun passes directly over head as it moves southward toward the equator... ... since mid may the sun has been to the north of us - something nobody in mainland america experiences unless they visit the tropics during certain times of year..... ..

today in honolulu the sun will be directly over head at 12;37 pm hawaiian time .......... .for a few seconds... (less than a minute)... vertical objects like posts and traffic signs will have no shadow... ......

i have always taken the position that if we really want to enjoy more sunlight in a day then we should get up early.... . start our days just before the sun comes up..... don;t try to change the clock or redfine noon... just make our wakeup and startup times earlier.... ..
 
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a farmer went to petition his state senate once - concerning daylight sayings time.....

he testified that it was vital to his economic welfare for daylight savings time to be abolished... .

one of the senators asked... "could you explain that sir?.... how is daylight savings time hurting your economic welfare?"

the farmer replied - "i make my money based on how well the crops i plant produce.... ... and that extra hour of daylight in the evenings is burning my crops up...... "


:sneaky:;):p
 
Ransom said:
Congratulations, you've permanently redefined noon as 1pm.
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very good point..... .. and ..... if they make daylight savings time permanent for all states... and force us out here in the pacific to observe it..... then lahaina noon would have to be changed to lahaina mid-afternoon... .:unsure:.......... just doesn;t sound right...... :sneaky:
 
abcaines said:
I, personally, prefer keeping the clocks set where they are now especially since this is where they are for the majority of the year.

Another thing I like about permanent "daylight savings" is, living on the eastern edge of the Pacific time zone, having the daylight later on the clock during winter. Currently, when we are on standard time, when the sun sets in December, the clock reads 4:00 pm. Like most people, I'm still at work. With the clocks set an hour ahead, most people will be getting off of work while there is still a bit of daylight left. I live north of the 46th parallel so, from late November to mid January, there's less than 9 hours of daylight and no jockeying of clocks is going to do anything about it. But for me, it's mentally easier when I'm anticipating sunrise as my day is starting rather than staying at work past sunset.
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when we were in seattle during our elk hunting trip years ago it seemed like the sun was coming up at 9 am and going down at 4.... ... 7 hours of actual daylight..... ........... but then i only noticed that while in the city.... out in the wild at the hunting cabin i didn;t take much notice of the actual time .... the length of the day was ruled by the sun - and there seemed to be more of it because the topography of the land was different...
 
aleshanee said:
when we were in seattle during our elk hunting trip years ago it seemed like the sun was coming up at 9 am and going down at 4.... ... 7 hours of actual daylight..... ........... but then i only noticed that while in the city.... out in the wild at the hunting cabin i didn;t take much notice of the actual time .... the length of the day was ruled by the sun - and there seemed to be more of it because the topography of the land was different...
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Yeah. Seattle is probably at 47°. It's just a bit north of our position.

We were on the Washington Coast which is a full 7° to our West. It was right around the summer solstice and at 9pm, the sun was still shining. Here on the other side of the state, 9pm is just after sunset.

Interesting fact; above the 48th parallel, it doesn't get fully dark at night during summer. It's considered astronomical twilight. The 48th parallel runs just north of Spokane which is two hours to our north.

We are pretty much straight north of Payette which is in the Mountain time zone. In fact, Riggins is a two hour drive to our South and that is where you cross into mountain time.
 
At one time, 25 years ago, I lived on the High Line of Montana. Often times the sun was still up at 11 pm.
And in winter, we frequently witnessed the Northern Lights.
That was cool.
But that was all that was cool in N.E. Montana at the Canadian border.
 
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