Brain is tired but when DST ends
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Brain is tired but when DST ends
will it be dark at 0630 or more light at 0630? It was very dark at 0630 this week. I know fall back but does that mean that 0630 will be as dark as 0530 now or 0730? always confused by this.
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More light. 6:30 will be the new 7:30.
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See how messed up DST is? Nobody understands it.
Think. Standard time is what mother nature says it is. At fall and spring day, the Sun will set around 6pm.
Think. Standard time is what mother nature says it is. At fall and spring day, the Sun will set around 6pm.
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Dst should be abolished completely. It serves no useful purpose, and likely causes more traffic-related deaths each year when we all spring forward.
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I will go farther and suggest that all time zones should be abolished. Everyone on GMT, worldwide, and set your local business/school/whatever hours to whatever works locally.
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Isn't that a little... imperialist? Right now, there are far more people already on GMT+8 than any other time zone.
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I said this before and I will say it again...DST should be abolished because it serves absolutely no purpose in our modern world.
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But yea. DST has far larger economic negatives than any potential gain it could have,
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My wife and I used to watch The Voice... she complained that the west coast couldn't vote. But there's just not enough people outside Eastern & Central to make a difference in the outcome. They're usually kind enough to keep from calling elections before the polls close, but with the red/blue state lockups we have right now we don't make an unexpected difference there either.
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Fall back, so dark-at-6 becomes dark-at-5. I seem to recall when they changed it from six-month to the present four and change, they put the start after Halloween so little kids wouldn't get run down in the dark.
I have this fantasy to wake up around the middle of twilight every morning but with the house seemingly revolving around my work schedule it's just never going to happen.
Here's a cool website, put in your zip code
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/orangevale
I have this fantasy to wake up around the middle of twilight every morning but with the house seemingly revolving around my work schedule it's just never going to happen.
Here's a cool website, put in your zip code
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/orangevale
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So i will have more daylight in the morning or evening? i think they should split the difference and then not change time at all. I know that would be confusing to explain but It might be perfect for me and my bike commuting schedule.
Thanks @darth_lefty that website is helpful I think. It says Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on Nov 3, 2019 than the day before. There will be more light in the morning. Which means dark rides home. I am thinking. It just seems weird to be September and it already seems very dark at 6:30am.
Thanks @darth_lefty that website is helpful I think. It says Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on Nov 3, 2019 than the day before. There will be more light in the morning. Which means dark rides home. I am thinking. It just seems weird to be September and it already seems very dark at 6:30am.
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Here's how I reason this out:
- Daylight saving time (DST) is meant to provide more daylight during summer evenings.
- You don't get something for nothing, so DST also means less daylight during early mornings.
- Therefore, Standard time means more daylight during early mornings.
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How is dmark wrong? We push the clock ahead one hour in the spring and pull it back one hour in the fall. On November 3, 2 a.m. becomes 1 a.m. For Denver, the sunrises on November 2 at 0729 by the clock. On November 3, the sunrises at 0630 by the clock. In other words, 0730 becomes the new 0630.
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Thanks @darth_lefty that website is helpful I think. It says Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on Nov 3, 2019 than the day before. There will be more light in the morning. Which means dark rides home. I am thinking. It just seems weird to be September and it already seems very dark at 6:30am.
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The extension in 2005 was pushed by the US Chamber of Commerce and M&M Mars. The Chamber wanted it because more people shop when the sun is up and M&M Mars (as well as other candy makers) wanted it because an extra hour of light at Halloween means more kids and more candy.
And there is always the “energy savings” which never seem to materialize.
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Ah but it does. Golf courses make more money which is why Woodrow Wilson vetoed its repeal twice after WWI (he also like to play the game). The extension of DST in 1986 was pushed by the Clorox Corporation because it owned Kingsford Charcoal. More sun, more barbecuing.
The extension in 2005 was pushed by the US Chamber of Commerce and M&M Mars. The Chamber wanted it because more people shop when the sun is up and M&M Mars (as well as other candy makers) wanted it because an extra hour of light at Halloween means more kids and more candy.
And there is always the “energy savings” which never seem to materialize.
The extension in 2005 was pushed by the US Chamber of Commerce and M&M Mars. The Chamber wanted it because more people shop when the sun is up and M&M Mars (as well as other candy makers) wanted it because an extra hour of light at Halloween means more kids and more candy.
And there is always the “energy savings” which never seem to materialize.
Which in the days of telegraphs and letters wasn't a thing....but with international conference calls and video chat is a thing.
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How is dmark wrong? We push the clock ahead one hour in the spring and pull it back one hour in the fall. On November 3, 2 a.m. becomes 1 a.m. For Denver, the sunrises on November 2 at 0729 by the clock. On November 3, the sunrises at 0630 by the clock. In other words, 0730 becomes the new 0630.
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For many, summer days are longer than winter days. It's not just the shift from DST to ST.
Same here. I've proposed for years (to my minions) the idea of getting rid of DST and ST to have a new plan called "Split the Difference".
This Fall, if we would simply roll back our clocks by 30 minutes and leave time there . . . forever.
Or, if we can't implement it in the fall, move our clocks forward by 30 minutes in the Spring for the same difference of Splitting the Difference.
This Fall, if we would simply roll back our clocks by 30 minutes and leave time there . . . forever.
Or, if we can't implement it in the fall, move our clocks forward by 30 minutes in the Spring for the same difference of Splitting the Difference.
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My touchstone fact for time changes is: in the Fall I get to sleep in.
While I'm sleeping 'later', the sun has an extra hour to get on up, so it's lighter in the morning (until the winter-shortened days' later sunrises catch up)
But also, getting to work an hour later means leaving work an hour later, so it's more likely I'll be riding home in the dark.
While I'm sleeping 'later', the sun has an extra hour to get on up, so it's lighter in the morning (until the winter-shortened days' later sunrises catch up)
But also, getting to work an hour later means leaving work an hour later, so it's more likely I'll be riding home in the dark.
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Anyone who uses the 0 in front and omits the colon, but means PM, is an idiot. Don't write a time in 24-hour format if you don't know how to use it!
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