# Daylight Savings **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 8, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488 "2015-03-08T01:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/81 "2015-03-11T16:48:10Z")
> [@Wednesday\_Evening](#): > > When I rule the world, here in the US we will split the difference. We will fall back 1/2 hour in November and stay there. Maybe I will rework the time zones while I’m at it. **LSLGuy** is right, Eastern is way too wide. > > I will also abolish non-SI units and get rid of the penny. > [@UncleRojelio](#): > > The dollar bill too while you are at it please. I’m currently undecided on the dollar bill. I used to be in favor of abolishing it but then I listened to a Planet Money podcast where the long-term cost comparison with the dollar coin is pretty much a wash. When I rule the world come back and make a case for it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrsTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MrsTime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTime)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/82 "2015-03-11T16:51:37Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Unless I’m mistaken about your intent, that’s just physically impossible. Whether the sun rises at 9am and sets at 3pm or rises at 10am and sets at 4pm, you have 6 hours of daylight. That’s not going to change no matter how you set your clocks. > > Also, it’s not about farmers (see the SD column linked in my previous post). It’s about saving energy, though there’s some debate about how much energy it really saves anymore. > > Likewise, it’s not about following the US. Europe also has summer hours, and this includes places much further north than most of BC, like most of Sweden and Norway. However if we had DST in the winter maybe the kids could see to walk home from school! Seems to me that we could set our clocks for what ever time we like, to make use of what ever daylight hours we have, since basically that is what we do now. Certainly I did not mean to imply that we could control the sun rising and setting. ---
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/83 "2015-03-12T18:01:57Z")
If there were no DST, I wouldn’t have to have this yearly conversation with a certain family member: ME: “Well, we’re back to DST now.” HER: “So that means our cousin [on Central Time] is two hours behind us now?” ME: “No, they’re on DST too.” HER: “Oh, so we’re the same now.” ME: “No, we’re both on DST. Our clocks moved an hour ahead, and so did theirs. So they’re still one hour behind us.” HER: “Oh. Okay.” (Followed by a nod plus a blank look) ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/84 "2015-03-13T03:06:57Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > A coworker believes DST was created to benefit farmers. Something about them being able to do more work while it’s light out. I tried in vain to argue that farmers can work whatever hours they want, and that the sun isn’t affected by arbitrary time designations. My father always told me the cows didn’t care about what time it was, when it was time to be milked, they wanted to be milked. He thought the time change was annoying because he would have to get up an hour earlier to do the chores. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/85 "2015-03-14T14:50:04Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > [Texas is considering getting rid of DST.](http://kxan.com/2015/03/11/texas-bill-could-nix-daylight-saving/) [So are Oregon and Washington.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/12/end-daylight-savings-time-oregon_n_6852880.html) ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/86 "2015-03-16T14:38:10Z")
[Petition](http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/03/12/mla-tables-petition-to-end-daylight-saving-time-in-alberta) in Alberta to abolish DST. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/87 "2015-03-16T15:08:00Z")
A group in [Colorado](http://www.koaa.com/story/28266762/colorado-group-petitioning-for-year-round-daylight-saving-time) is petitioning for year round DST. Makes me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/88 "2015-03-16T15:22:20Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > A group in [Colorado](http://www.koaa.com/story/28266762/colorado-group-petitioning-for-year-round-daylight-saving-time) is petitioning for year round DST. Makes me 🙂 That’s more sensible than abolishing DST. I’d much rather have the light at the end of the day. ETA: Although my preference is to leave things as they are. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/89 "2015-03-16T15:50:47Z")
Actually, the only thing that makes sense is to switch to the daylight hours of the extreme north; virtually no daylight from, say, December through March and virtually no nighttime from May through September. The only problem I see is that we couldn’t have fireworks on Independence Day. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/90 "2015-03-16T16:50:55Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Actually, the only thing that makes sense is to switch to the daylight hours of the extreme north; virtually no daylight from, say, December through March and virtually no nighttime from May through September. The only problem I see is that we couldn’t have fireworks on Independence Day. Compared to changes that radical, moving Independence Day to a more celebratable time of year would be child’s play. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/91 "2015-03-16T20:06:57Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Umm… Ok I’ll vote. Keep ‘Daylight savings’ year round. I get up at 5am and go to work. Don’t need light for that. It’s always dark when I go to work. Standard time or Daylight saving. I much prefer having extra light when I get home. Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488/92 "2015-03-16T22:18:14Z")
In St. Petersburg, we’re on permanent Summer Time (which probably explains why we had such a mild winter). It’s a little odd now, that we’re the same time as Helsinki, the Baltics, Minsk, etc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings/714488.md?page=4)