# When's dinner?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 11, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162 "2012-01-11T14:19:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/21 "2012-01-12T00:47:53Z")

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Dinner time gets earlier as the sky gets darker. So 6-7 in the winter, and 7-8 in the summer.

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**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/22 "2012-01-12T02:14:41Z")

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It’s early 5 - 6 because it seems to keep my weight down, plus the doctor thinks I have GERD and would like everything settled by the time I go yo bed. Which is also early as a holdover from y teaching days.

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**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/23 "2012-01-12T02:16:37Z")

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5-6pm. More typically 5:30 on the dot if possible. Got a youngin with an early bedtime so that’s how it’s worked out.

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**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/24 "2012-01-12T15:27:37Z")

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Typically 6:30. On a good day I’m walking in the door about 6:20-6:25 and we sit right down. Some days I’m not home until 7:00 or later, so the rest of them eat when it’s ready and I make a plate when I arrive.

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