A day is still 24 hours, I don’t think anyone gets upset at “losing an hour”. They like having the extra day light before prime time, though, I think.
Yep,
Where I live in June with DLS the sun rises ~5:30a and sets ~8:30p
without DLS it would rise ~4:30a and set ~7:30p
Whether the sun rises at 4:30 or 5:30am probably makes no difference to 99% of the people.
However, the sun setting at 8:30 vs 7:30 does have a big positive impact
The Earth’s rotation is the amount of time that it takes to turn around once on its axis. There are actually two different kinds of rotation that you need to consider here. How long does it take for the Earth to turn once on its axis so that it returns to the same orientation compared to the Universe, and how long does it take for the Earth to turn so that the Sun returns to the same spot in the sky.
Let’s answer the second question first. It takes exactly 24 hours for the Sun to return to the same spot in the sky. It’s obvious, right? That’s a day. But the second question is more interesting. It actually takes the Earth 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.09 seconds to turn once on its axis compared to the background stars.
Earth takes 365 days 6 hours 9 minutes 9.54 seconds to circle the sun.
I say we stop messing with the clock and the calendar and stick with the slowly shifting time of day and year. In time day will be night and winter will be summer.
The older I got the harder adjusting became. Old coots like me get set in our ways. And change becomes much harder. It is physical not irritation at daylight savings time. Thankfully, I now live in Az and don’t have to go through that nonsense.