Daylight saving time

**Big_John** · 04-01-2008, 20:48

Originally Posted by King Henry V

has its origins in an irksome puritanical opinion that everyone would be much better off if they went to bed earlier and got up earlier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willett

Originally Posted by wiki

The evenings would then remain light for longer, increasing daylight recreation time and also saving ₤2.5 million in lighting costs

apparently he just wanted more time outside. presumably to get away from the wife.

**Don Corleone** · 04-01-2008, 22:33

Aren't you a month late on this 'newsflash'?

Just kidding. We have conference calls with our Munich design center all the time, and I know the USA is the only country that advances the clocks the first week of March.

I have the exact opposite reaction, Henry. Why not just leave the freakin clocks set at Daylight Savings time? Who gets up at 5AM? Who likes going in to work in the dark and leaving work in the dark? You guys are on what, the 54th parallel? It's even worse for you, right? I don't mind the cold in the winter, or the snow. But the darkness gets on you after a while.

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 04-01-2008, 23:14

We still have folks who, when asked why we use Daylight Savings Time, reply:

"so that farmers will have an extra hour of sunlight."

Gotta love the USofA!

**Xiahou** · 04-02-2008, 00:08

Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh

We still have folks who, when asked why we use Daylight Savings Time, reply:

"so that farmers will have an extra hour of sunlight."

Gotta love the USofA!

I thought it was just to prove the power of Congress- they have control over time itself.

I say dump daylight savings, it's worthless.

**Big_John** · 04-02-2008, 02:43

arizona has no daylight savings time.. which means for half the year we share our time with them here in cali. makes me sick. arizona sucks.

**Lemur** · 04-02-2008, 02:49

Originally Posted by Xiahou

I say dump daylight savings, it's worthless.

I think you need to move to Indiana. They're the only state that stands athwart the madness of Daylight Savings and raises a mighty fist, crying, "The madness stops now!"

**Xiahou** · 04-02-2008, 03:52

Originally Posted by Lemur

I think you need to move to Indiana. They're the only state that stands athwart the madness of Daylight Savings and raises a mighty fist, crying, "The madness stops now!"

Bah, I prefer this.

**Papewaio** · 04-02-2008, 04:28

Actually the other option instead of no daylight savings is having 0,1,2 or more changes per year based on how close/far you are from the equator.

Essentially daylight savings makes no sense the nearer you are to the equator, but it is a lot more useful closer to the poles... but with flexi-time. 24/7 stores, internet and other methods...daylight savings is kind of a moot point.

We are having daylight savings this weekend. We had to put a patch on the servers by last Saturday or it would have gone live last Sunday... the MS patch did not work on a large amount of machines... luck has it that mine did work... downside was spending Saturday night at work for 3 hours.

**Ironside** · 04-02-2008, 08:08

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Actually the other option instead of no daylight savings is having 0,1,2 or more changes per year based on how close/far you are from the equator.

Essentially daylight savings makes no sense the nearer you are to the equator, but it is a lot more useful closer to the poles... but with flexi-time. 24/7 stores, internet and other methods...daylight savings is kind of a moot point.

I get more complicated than that, when the changes are done here it's pretty good as it gives the sun light in the morning in better order (aka bright when going to winter time and less sunny for the summer time) giving you a few more weeks to adapt, but it really doesn't matter most of the year as it's either too dark or too bright anyway.

65th degree north here... Anybody complaining about light should be here during June or December depending on what you complain about.

And it's still not midnight sun here (but most certainly midnight light).

**Big_John** · 04-02-2008, 06:18

Originally Posted by Lemur

I think you need to move to Indiana. They're the only state that stands athwart the madness of Daylight Savings and raises a mighty fist, crying, "The madness stops now!"

why do you spread brutal and intolerable lies?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayligh...#United_States