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Ask Slashdot: Where Do You Stand on Daylight Saving Time?

Posted by timothy on from the I-have-an-opinion dept.

New submitter gbcox links to this article about how the switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time can be dangerous, but writes Personally, I favor year 'round DST — I like the extra sunlight in the evening... but regardless, I just wish we'd pick one and stop futzing with the time twice a year. As it is right now, we only have about 4 months of standard time as it is... is it really worth the effort to switch the clocks for only four months? I think not. Where do you stand? If you have a strong opinion, it would be nice if you start your subject line in comments with "For it!" or "Against it!" If you think that the yearly clock-shifting is a good idea, when do you think each shift should occur? For those not keeping score, tonight is the switchover time for most Americans.

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  1. I'll take that bait by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't care what the offset is from GMT, just leaveitthehellalone. If businesses need winter hours, they can have those.

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    1. Re:I'll take that bait by corsec67 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yep, "National Fuck with the Clocks" Day (Which is of course twice a year) needs to just go away.

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  2. I'm not sure what bothers me more, by Beck_Neard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    DST or the people who constantly whine about it.

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  3. I'm surrounded by morons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I like the extra sunlight in the evening...

    Then wake up earlier! Futzing around with the clock doesn't change the length of the day. I loose a little more respect for the entire human race every year when I have to hear "more sunlight in the evening" again.

  4. Re:I live in Arizona, and it's a pain by lgw · · Score: 5, Insightful

    TV schedules? Like, from the 20th century? My grandfather read about those in a history book once! People use to schedule their lives around entertainment which was, get this, broadcast to everyone at the same time. Weird, right? It's true, the past is a foreign country.

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