Why are we still changing our clocks twice a year?

[Natural Citizen]

It can be dark for children walking to school, it has been known that predators hide behind bushes and only attack these vulnerable kids before daylight savings time takes effect.

So start school an hour later.

And it's dark when they go to school now anyway.

 

[Natural Citizen]

It's always that ''It's for the childrens'' bullshit. lol...

 

[okfine]

My neighbor works the 11pm to 7am shift.
He needs to be told how he will be paid every time the clocks change. He thinks he's getting ripped off.
I tell him you get paid only for the hours you worked. You get paid for 7 hours today. When the time changed previously, you worked 9 hours (+1 hour OT) and you are not getting ripped off.

 

[Couchpotato]

Arizona does not change clocks

Neither does Hawaii. Or basically anyone else on the planet other than the US.

 

[postman]

everyone should get a vote, did I get a vote when daylight time and twice yearly clock changes were mandated?

Actually you did get a vote. A vote for your state representatives, since states can opt out of daylight savings time.

Or just move to Arizona or Hawaii.

 

[odanny]

First it was for the farmers. Then it was for the children.

What is the next logical step in this explanation, who will it be for?

 

[Couchpotato]

By not changing clocks, the sun will not rise until 8AM
That would mean children walking to school or standing at bus stops in the dark

Not if you eliminate DST. If we never "spring forward" there's no reason to move the clocks back so the sun's coming up earlier.

 

[my2¢]

Doesn't take place here in Arizona except on the Navajo Reservation which extends into New Mexico.

 

[okfine]

First it was for the farmers. Then it was for the children.

What is the next logical step in this explanation, who will it be for?

You forgot it was for the trains.

 

[postman]

Neither does Hawaii. Or basically anyone else on the planet other than the US.

Daylight saving time by country - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Actually the list is too long to post.
Over 27 countries and dozens and dozens of territories, or parts of countries.

 

[odanny]

You forgot it was for the trains.

I also forgot the horse and buggy drivers.

Before that the slaves in the cotton fields.

 

[postman]

First it was for the farmers. Then it was for the children.

What is the next logical step in this explanation, who will it be for?

Shopping.....

Some say DST encourages people to shop after work and boosts foot traffic.

 

[okfine]

Thread #3 this morning.

The house I don't mind so much, it's the vehicles. They are all different in the way you change the clock.

DUPE DUPE DUPE

They really bug the shit out of you.

 

[odanny]

Shopping.....

Some say DST encourages people to shop after work and boosts foot traffic.

Winner!

 

[okfine]

By not changing clocks, the sun will not rise until 8AM
That would mean children walking to school or standing at bus stops in the dark

Out of all the explanations from my parents, the school issue rings true.

 

[Zafira Cherry]

Does this make sense to anyone? Why hasn't congress ended it? Who is benefitting and how?

Trump promised you he was going to end it and now...

Trump says it's "hard to get excited" about changing daylight saving time.​

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[Zafira Cherry]

Trump said DST is a 50/50 issue. We have this discussion twice a year like clockwork.

Trump says

it's "hard to get excited" about changing daylight saving time​

 

[Natural Citizen]

Trump promised you he was going to end it and now...

Trump says it's "hard to get excited" about changing daylight saving time.​

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Bunch of no good, dirty, rotten, filthy, stinking, double talking jive turkeys, if you ask me.

 

[Couchpotato]

Daylight saving time by country - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Actually the list is too long to post.
Over 27 countries and dozens and dozens of territories, or parts of countries.

There are 195 countries in the world. So, 13% of the countries in the world use it. In other words the vast majority of countries dont. Thank you for proving my point.

 

[postman]

In Montgomery County, MD, the longest day of the year (summer solstice) around June 20th has approximately 15 hours of daylight, while the shortest day (winter solstice) around December 21st has about 9 hours of daylight.