Law text for the world's first nationwide DST switch.Reichsgesetzblatt, German Empire, 1916
I call it Government Time and I hate it.
I live in a state that has Standard time year round.
I have lived Northern and Southern states that use Daylight savings.
I think Daylights savings is BS.
The sun appears in the East and disappears into the West.
That is my natural time clock.
We have a different clock system to better coordinate non-natural human activities, that is fine. However, I think humans function better when they stick to natural events.
Yoy laugh but I’ve now got container after container of Daylight that I’ve collected for decades
Step 1) Save Daylight
Step 2) ???
Step 3) Profit!!
Kitty cat wakes me up just before dawn regardless of the time on the clock.
I forgot that the time switches tonight. Funny that I have not seen any reminders anywhere. Not even my local TV station has a reminder.
In one of the only worthwhile things he has done Rubio proposed getting rid of it. What happened to that one great idea he has ever had?
I still remember the days of the Great Gas Crisis when they went to full-year DST to “save” energy. It was spooky going to work when it was still dark (zero dark 30).
I don’t mind DST, but we should go back to the original 6-month version, not the overly long 7-month version we have now.
DST 2024 Starts in the USA
Most of the United States starts Daylight Saving Time (DST) on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/usa-start-dst-2024.html
Interesting. Thanks for posting, ‘Civ.
I’m retired now, so DST or the lack of it makes no real difference to me personally. I’ve lived in Arizona for most of the last 40 years and personally prefer having year-round standard time. When I was working, I’d go to work in the dark most of the year anyway, and in the summer I didn’t want the sun hanging around an extra hour in the evening. Since retiring, I’m generally up by sunrise, winter or summer, and I very seldom have to stay out in the afternoon sun or to stay up particularly late.
I realize that conditions are different in different parts of the country, which is why each state should decide for itself whether to observe DST. It shouldn’t be a federal matter except perhaps to decide when the change dates should be, and maybe not even that.
We are going to have an extra hour of daylight starting today!
It's like magic. When I go to work tomorrow, it will be broad daylight when I come home. I'll be able to put a steak on the grill and have a beer or two watching the sunset without having to come into the house. Glorious!
I will have this until around November, in which we will turn the clocks back again. By now, it is back to being cold. I actually don't mind coming home in the dark in the wintertime because all I want to do is get the fireplace going and sit in my recliner with a glass of wine or brandy while reading a good book while it snows or whatever outside.
People need to embrace the time changes and consider these occasions one of the best times of their life like me!
