# Going to permanent Daylight Saving Time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-permanent-daylight-saving-time/840232>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 14, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-permanent-daylight-saving-time/840232 "2019-09-14T19:18:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-permanent-daylight-saving-time/840232/41 "2019-09-19T15:17:20Z")

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If we could start with not setting the clocks back this fall that would be terrific to me. I do not like it getting dark at 5pm eventually.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-permanent-daylight-saving-time/840232/42 "2019-09-19T15:51:28Z")

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As a Floridian, fuck DST from here too.

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**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:** [September 20, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-permanent-daylight-saving-time/840232/43 "2019-09-20T14:17:31Z")

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Further to the point, DST is a waste in the summer months here as well. we get 16 hours of daylight by June, sunrise roughly at 5 AM and sunset by 9 PM. By mid-summer it’s even longer. Bah!

> **[Daytime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytime#/media/File:Hours_of_daylight_vs_latitude_vs_day_of_year_cmglee.svg)**
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> Daytime as observed on Earth is the period of the day during which a given location experiences natural illumination from direct sunlight. Daytime occurs when the Sun appears above the local horizon, that is, anywhere on the globe's hemisphere facing the Sun. In direct sunlight the movement of the sun can be recorded and observed using a sundial that casts a shadow that slowly moves during the day. Other planets and natural satellites that rotate relative to a luminous primary body, such as a loc...

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-permanent-daylight-saving-time/840232/44 "2019-09-20T19:07:24Z")

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Count me as another who would rather have my sunlight in the evening as opposed to the morning. Wonder if this largely breaks down to a “morning person” vs. “night owl” issue?

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