What's the deal with the time change?

[DixyDoodle]

Does anyone know what the official decision is in regards to the time change in the spring and autumn? Yes, for those that participate in daylight savings time, the time will be a'changing soon. I really hate that.....it gets dark sooo early, like at 5pm! As if cold winters aren't bad enough. I would prefer it to stay dark later in the morning if given a choice.

Supposedly they were going to change the dates of those time changes so that we would have a longer daylight savings. I believe that starts next year? Or am I wrong about that?

Does anyone have the goods on how this is being changed and when?

Thanks!

DD

[Triffin]

Here you go .. 2007 is when we make the change ..

http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html

personally, I don't see why we can't stay on
daylight savings time all the time ..

Triff ..

[DixyDoodle]

Triff, thanks! I agree, why not just stay on the same time all through the year. What a pain to keep changing it back and forth.

DD

[YoungOne]

I like AZ, we opted out way back in the day for the sake of the cows,LOL. never got to worry about if my clock needs changing.

[Danaus29]

Standard time is the time we are on in winter, daylight savings is the summer time. I want to stay on standard time year round. But then you would have to go to bed when it's still light outside in the summer, and kids wouldn't have as much time to catch lightning bugs.

[Triffin]

Well .. SAD really kicks in for me once it's dark at 4:15 in the
afternoon .. So if we had to pick one .. I'd prefer staying
with daylight savings time year round .. Don't mind it being dark in
the am ... Also from an energy conservation point of view, I've
seen studies that show less energy usage when we're on DST ..
Also a good argument for spending more time in sw VA vs here in
CT .. being further west in your time zone gives you more minutes
of daylight

Triff ..

[MarleneS]

I vote for keeping time with sundials I figure if people want more sun time in the summer THEY should get up earlier

Oh, and for people who have children waiting for school buses...don't you think the earlier daylight is best for keeping them a little safer?

Marlene

[Triffin]

"don't you think the earlier daylight is best for keeping them a little safer?"

Safer when ??

If we stay on EST then it's dark when they're coming home ..
If we stay on DST then it's dark in the morning waiting for the bus ..

Triff ..

[Ed Norman]

I saw a History Channel show on Ben Franklin and his marvelous Daylight Savings Time invention. The narrator kept saying how the extra hour of daylight saves this much money and that much electricity and I kept screaming at him that there is no extra hour of daylight. You can't slow down the earth's rotation. I'm always awake from Can til Cain't anyway, and my watch broke, so I see no good in Daylight Savings.

[Westwood]

We only see daylight at home on weekends in the winter, hate it!

[Spinner]

I live on indian time so don't pay any attention to the clocks. Wish the whole world could do that, it's very relaxing.

[KesWindhunter]

Originally Posted by Spinner

I live on indian time so don't pay any attention to the clocks. Wish the whole world could do that, it's very relaxing.

Hey! So do I!!!
Sometimes I forget what day of the week it is...most times I dont know the date...

It is kinda 'blushing' to admit I turn on the computer to find out.