# In this thread, I shall pit Daylight Savings Time **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 4, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220 "2004-04-04T19:46:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/41 "2004-04-05T18:54:44Z")
> [@Phèdre nó Delaunay](#): > > I hate Daylight Saving Time! If some people want to take advantage of the sun’s coming up earlier, why can’t they just get up earlier and leave the rest of us alone? Best idea EVER! - featherlou, born and raised in Saskatchewan, and now suffering in Alberta with all the clock messing around ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/42 "2004-04-05T18:55:47Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Try living in Indiana. 76 of 92 counties are on DST, 4 are not. Tech companies refuse to set up camp here because of software changes they’d have to make. Um. According to [this site](http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/f.html), there are 77 counties that DO NOTgo to Daylight Saving Time. Ten counties on the extreme northwest and extreme southwest are in Central Time, and switch to Central Daylight Time with Illinois. Five counties on the extreme southeast follow Eastern Time, and switch to Eastern Daylight Time with Ohio. It’s not that confusing, dude. And Tech Companies having to make “software changes”? Like what, clicking the “do not allow for Daylight Saving” on their schedulers? Seriously, I work with Indiana-based tech companies, and none of them seem to have a problem. This year, I _love_ DST. We don’t switch, and DogDad has taken to watching Speed Racer in the mornings. I _hate_ Speed Racer. (He knows this. It’s not a HUGE deal because I leave for work 10 minutes after it starts. But there’s no worse torture than a stupid theme song from a really stupid show going through your head all damn day.) Only now it’s not on when we’re up, since it’s being shown an hour earlier. Ah, bliss… ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/43 "2004-04-05T20:13:26Z")
[QUOTE=DogMom] Um. According to [this site](http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/f.html), there are 77 counties that DO NOTgo to Daylight Saving Time. Yeah, that’s what I meant, sorry for the confusion. Though [this site](http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html#WHAT) says 76 counties. > [@](#): > > It’s not that confusing, dude. I never said it was. I did say that others have claimed so. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/44 "2004-04-05T22:23:17Z")
Here on the Ohio/Indiana border, I can’t decide if I hate DST or if I hate Indiana for not implementing it. Prime-time TV (local channels) starts at 9 pm now, and I have to stay up till midnight if I want to catch the late news. DH has a Red Green fixation, and now will have to stay up till 12:30 to catch it. Unfortunately, Indiana local channels are the only ones we can get. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/45 "2004-04-05T22:43:56Z")
Thank you to all the Arizona dopers testifying that you don’t deal with DST! I’ve had more than one heated argument when I’ve mentioned Arizona doesn’t switch: “the whole _country_ switches, dumbass, why the hell would _one_ state not do it??” Ah, sweet, sweet validation. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/46 "2004-04-05T22:55:32Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Your cat’s the Slayer? Whoa. I guess you don’t have to worry about vampire mice taking advantage of that extra hour of darkness in the mornings. Ha! I wish! Buffy is a sweetheart, but she’s more like an insect slayer. I have the feeling if she saw an actual mouse, she’d run and hide. Yeah, yinz are right, they should be sleeping LATER. It’s when we switch BACK that they get messed up. See, the time switch screwed up my logic! It IS evil, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/47 "2004-04-06T03:26:29Z")
Are you people kidding DST is awesome. It’s just like an extra hour of daylight just came out of no where. Sure an hour is lost the morning but I’m too groggy then to miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/48 "2004-04-06T04:22:19Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > …Yeah, yinz are right, they should be sleeping LATER. It’s when we switch BACK that they get messed up. > > See, the time switch screwed up my logic! It IS evil, dammit! Hrrumph. I feel like commiserating with **[don’t ask](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248930)** now, re post #12. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/49 "2004-04-06T04:50:06Z")
Daylight savings drives me absolutely nuts, too. I wasn’t able to sleep until 2 a.m. yesterday because I woke up really late, especially so with the time change. I’m exhausted. But what really gets my goat about DST is Indiana time zones - I lived in Evansville, IN when I was a kid and half the state was on CST and the other was on EST. And the time zone cut through the middle half of the state - not north-south, no, because that might make some sort of sense - instead the time zone bisected the state west-east. So Evansville was on CST, the middle portion of the state was on EST and some of the northern portions of the state were on CST. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/50 "2004-04-06T11:11:05Z")
Yep, DST kept me awake till nearly two in the morning yesterday and this morning I woke up at about 2:30. I’m going to be able to use the bags under my eyes to carry groceries. ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/51 "2004-04-06T12:06:28Z")
The menu on my VCR doesn’t work, so that means I’ll have to add an hour to the time for 6 months, or just look at a blinking 12:00 forever!!! DAMN!!! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/52 "2004-04-06T13:39:18Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > But what really gets my goat about DST is Indiana time zones - I lived in Evansville, IN when I was a kid and half the state was on CST and the other was on EST. And the time zone cut through the middle half of the state - not north-south, no, because that might make some sort of sense - instead the time zone bisected the state west-east. So Evansville was on CST, the middle portion of the state was on EST and some of the northern portions of the state were on CST. Did it used to be different than what it [currently is](http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html#WHAT)? ---
**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/53 "2004-04-06T16:59:31Z")
Why not just split the difference? Set our clocks back 30 minutes this fall, then call it good. No more DST. No more changing the time. That one half hour back will be the last time change for all time. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/54 "2004-04-06T17:28:25Z")
What a bunch of pathetic, whinging losers. I have no sympathy. Get over yourselves. It’s only _one_ hour. I suppose you wimps avoid long car trips east or west? :rolleyes: You do all realize that there is a major savings of energy use associated with the switch to DST during the summer? And do you realize that if DST were kept through the year, the sun wouldn’t rise until almost 10am in northern areas during the winter? P.S. I despise Arizona, and would never consider moving there for any reason. Stupid antagonism toward DST, and pompousness connected thereto, are even more reasons to hate Arizona, even though my sister lives there. Stupid Arizona. There are only two states I detest more. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220/55 "2004-04-06T17:45:10Z")
Speaking of which, on this subect [The Great Master has Spoken](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_052.html), and basically all of you who are opposed to DST are **wrong**. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-i-shall-pit-daylight-savings-time/238220.md?page=2)