What is your opinion of Daylight Savings Time?
By laglen
@laglen (19759)
United States
9 responses
@sleepylittlerose (1648)
• United States
12 Mar 10
I kind of like daylight savings time. Actually wish that we would not go back to standard times. I know this sounds crazy but I would much rather go to work in the dark and come home to a little daylight during the winter months versus going to work in the dark and coming home in the day. So having that extra hour worth of daylight in the evenings is exciting for me.
As far as energy consumption, daylight savings time is good for my family because my kids can go outside and be active longer. This means fewer tv's on and less video games being played.
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@batcountry72 (219)
• United States
12 Mar 10
Yeah. It's a drag driving home from work in the winter and it's already getting dark at 6 p.m. You start to feel like you're just living to work.
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@phoenix8606 (4942)
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12 Mar 10
Hi! is it this Saturday? I thought it is the next one! well, i really don't know why are we actually doing it- it is really because we save the daylight? well, for me it is just something that makes our life happier and in the same time worse, because once we sleep with an hour more and the next time with an hour less. but i always mix them up- are we going to sleep less or more now?
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@batcountry72 (219)
• United States
12 Mar 10
You're going to be sleeping the same once your body adjusts to the time change. 6-8 hours, is 6-8 hours no matter what time it is. You just lose an hour on that first night. We do save daylight because we adjust the time to maximize the amount of time in daylight hours. I'm not a fan of DST. It will probably become obsolete at some point. Love & Luck.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
12 Mar 10
I have never liked it. In fact when i was working i hated it. I don't know whether it saves anything or not but wish they would leave it one way or the other.
@Biomechanoid (2923)
• Estonia
12 Mar 10
Well, if it really helps to save the energy, then they have a green light from me. It doesn't bother me much to turn the clocks, I get used to these time changes quickly. Note that I move my clocks usually in the evening, because I don't find any difference in moving clock a couple hours earlier or later.
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@bamikalipal (588)
• Philippines
13 Mar 10
DST or PST? Makes no difference to me, really.
We lose one, then, we gain one.
Actually, there are 'bigger' things we need to adjust, adjust to and modify.
Have a lovely day, laglen.
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@clipsal (160)
• Malaysia
12 Mar 10
If you want to get up an hour early just do that. You don't need to change your clock to achieve that end. If it happens to save you a couple of pennies on your power bills, so much the better.
Forcing the whole country to change back and forth, then compounding the problem by changing the rules so the millions of devices that still have the old rules hard-coded in silicon will be off by an hour for several weeks each year, is swatting at a fly with a sledgehammer. Leave the clocks alone, and just let the citizens reset their alarms to meet their needs.
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
28 Mar 10
I don't like it at all! It means that twice a year my body has to spend weeks adjusting to the change.
I wish they would just leave it at one time all year long. Yes, we appreciate the extra hour of daylight in the spring and summer time, but what's wrong with just keeping it that way all year long then?
Marsha
@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
12 Mar 10
I appreciate DST and what it does, except that it's not practiced here in south east Asia. I'm a big fan of conserving water, energy, etc (right now I'm using a laptop since it's more energy efficient)...I guess I just love loving mother Earth. LoL. Seriously, I like it that days are longer and nights are shorter.
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@batcountry72 (219)
• United States
12 Mar 10
DST has nothing to do with saving energy. It was actually an idea first pitched by Ben Franklin. It has more to do with interstate commerce, and agriculture. Good article here: http://nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0330_040330_daylightsavings.html
@batcountry72 (219)
• United States
12 Mar 10
Yeah. I had read a few articles on DST, and got a couple of them muddled together. There's a lot of info out there and opinions are all over the place about the effectiveness of it. There doesn't seem to be conclusive studies done on DST's place in the modern day world. I'm a pretty smart guy, but after reading 4 or 5 of these articles I think I need a nap. I'm not sure where you get the less sleep in the spring idea. Please clue me in. To me if you sleep 6-8 hours a day, that's a year round habit even if it does disrupt your cycle for a short time. I guess if you live in more extreme northern or southern latitudes it could make more difference. I lived in Ireland for several months. I can remember only getting 6 hours of night during the summer. I live in Florida. We pretty much follow a 12 hour cycle, give or take an hour.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
12 Mar 10
due to the amount of daylight. I sleep ALOT less. But I specifically meant you lose an hour with the time change (one night) and gain one in the fall.
By the way, I understand when you read multiple articles on the same subject, I will try to go back to find something I know I read, and cant find it!
