BroForceOne t1_jdo9p62 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 10:12 PM

I’m convinced that the introduction of Daylight Saving has made the majority of the world ignorant to the fact that you get longer days in the summer because of the Earth’s rotation around the sun and not because of moving the clock.

So instead of just doing the sensible thing like staying on standard time all year and ending the clock changing madness, everyone goes to die on the hill of daylight saving time.

TheProteinSnack t1_jdphf4h wrote on March 26, 2023 at 3:59 AM

The benefit of daylight savings time (shifting the clock forward an hour during summer) is that work/school start closer to the earlier sunrise you get in summer, which also means you get more daylight from the time work/school ends until sunset to do outdoor activities.

da90 t1_jdpiirp wrote on March 26, 2023 at 4:10 AM

Or you could, you know, just start things at a different time

BroForceOne t1_jdpy3ob wrote on March 26, 2023 at 7:21 AM

Work and school can start whenever we want them to start. That's not a problem that requires changing the clock.

Gatherbug t1_jds0i12 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 7:03 PM

Having the clock shift is a lot easier than letting every school / work place decide when they want to start

SideburnSundays t1_jdpj9y0 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 4:18 AM

Or we could just shift school/work start times to permanently be later since most humans don’t function well as early as society demands us to because some rich old white guys hundreds of years ago decided we have to be up as early as possible for “reasons.”

da90 t1_jdrtzhx wrote on March 26, 2023 at 6:17 PM

For “money”

FTFY

slimspida t1_jdrd6b7 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 4:19 PM

The shift that is happening is permanent daylight savings time, not permanent standard time. Yes, we could achieve the same thing by starting everything an hour earlier.

I think you are right about ignorance being a big player, and I’m sure there will be bickering as soon as the shift is made permanent, arguing that the other time should have been the one that was permanent.

At least we won’t have to listen to an entire population whine about 1 hour of jet lag twice a year.

BroForceOne t1_jdrgnoo wrote on March 26, 2023 at 4:43 PM

I have doubts that permanent daylight saving can stick. The US tried and failed at it once before. When people realize it’s still pitch dark at the time their kids are walking to school in the winter they tend to change their minds about daylight saving being as good as they thought it would be.