Daylight saving time

**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).

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 04-02-2008, 13:04

Abolish time!

**Papewaio** · 04-03-2008, 03:01

Originally Posted by Ironside

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).

And that is probably why my Great-Grandfather left home at 13 to become a cabin boy to escape those very long winter nights. He started a family in Tahiti so I suppose he enjoyed the summer sun more.

**Duke Malcolm** · 04-05-2008, 03:27

Clocks go forward, therefore an hour closer to pub opening. Earlier waking is balanced out by earlier drinking. All is well.

**MilesGregarius** · 04-05-2008, 03:57

I've always thought the return from daylight savings time to standard time should take place at 1AM on November 1st. That would give the night before, Halloween, 13 o'clock- a "witching hour".

**Kaidonni** · 04-05-2008, 11:03

I like the clocks going forward because of the extra daylight. The winter has been very depressing for me, causing health issues. Last Summer was not exactly amazing where I live, so that compounded the problem. The extra light cheers me up, and I bet a lot of other people too.