Standard time or DST: which do you prefer to be permenant?
 

As an adult, I have never been a fan of the "spring forward" and "fall back" ritual and have always wished for one or the other. I never really gave it much thought regarding the ramifications of either; just pick one!

Call me a creature of the night, but I have always loved it when it was dark early, especially in the winter. The feeling of being home in a warm house after school in the darkness was comforting to me. I grew up in New York so I recall it being dark at 4:30 PM and watching American Bandstand after school when it was dark outside.

I am sort of programmed to want that earlier darkness even now as an adult. I guess, I am leaning towards remaining on standard time permanently. After reading an article about what it would be like on DST permanently, I know for sure that I do not want the sun to rise at 4:30 am in the wintertime.

After reading about this time change debate, there is so much more to the equation regarding health, fuel consumption and all sort of other things that I have never pondered. My only concern is if it will be dark or light at a certain time of day.

How do you feel about this and what would you rather have permanently set into law, standard time or daylight saving time? I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

Give me DST, year round!

I'm with you. Give me sun later in the day, I.E. Savings time.

Up north, standard time(Winter) meant that I left for work in the dark and got home in the dark.

I'm usually up very early, often 4 to 5, and I STILL would rather the sun come up at 7am than at 6am and get an extra hour in the evening to be out doing something fun or useful.

I say split the difference. Adjust it by a half hour and leave it.

Exactly!

Brilliant idea to move clock 30 minutes permanently. If I had to chose, I'd opt for standard time. Love to see the light in the morning!

I thought about that too. That is a good option but I don't think that is a consideration yet. After reading about this, there are states that would like to change their time zones. There is a lot more to this than I ever knew.

DST for sure like the extra hour of daylight at night

As a retiree I will opt for DST. I have no reason to get out of bed early now that I don't have to join the rush hour crowd, and I really like the light evenings. If you did a survey, you might find that getting dark at 4:20pm in the winter might cause depression in people living alone. Darkness early in the evening makes for a very long night.

Dst - 365

I would just like to see them freeze it so that it was not constantly changing twice a year, regardless of DST or Standard.

:popcorn::popcorn:

Don't know how that would work in a global economy, but I like the thought!

It’s called SunDowner Syndrome, also called sundowning or late-day confusion, is a group of symptoms that occur in someone with memory loss that can start around late afternoon and continue into the night. It can cause increased confusion, disorientation, anxiety, agitation, pacing and even wandering.
It’s best to keep blinds closed as not to upset people with mental conditions in the afternoon.

Thinking more about it.....I do prefer to go with DST all year round. I really don't want to have sunrise at 4:30 am in the summer which standard time would do. That is just too early for light in the sky and that is what will happen with standard time in the summer. Also.....standard time would give us sunset at 7:30 pm in the summer.

I agree with that mindset too. Just PICK ONE and stick with it. I would really like to see this happen in my lifetime.

DST for me, I like the late day sun.

Hmmm after we are gone probably will not matter to me. However will try and come back and let everyone know.

I'll get used to either one as long as it's consistent...but I think I agree, Canada needs to go along with this too

Without a doubt daylight savings time. I would be in favor of two extra hours of daylight in the evenings 365 1/4 days per year.

I prefer not to have to change the clocks ever.

I rise between 3:30 and 4:30am 7 days a week no matter what. All my clocks self adjust so with time is not an issue at our house.

GMT and the 24 hour clock...Like the rest of the world.
...And SIR Metric while we are at it.

Leave it the way God made it

I vote for universal daylight savings time for one simple reason: I don't have to try to figure out how to move the hour one hour forward or backward on my digital watch. LOL

Cst
 

How about becoming one time zone like China? Everywhere in the US would have the same time. And we could pick the Pacific time zone and gain 3 hours!

Let's try it. I got nothing else going on.

Clockless??

Definitely would like it daylight an hour later in the day! I’m more active then and like to walk after dinner. I won’t walk in the dark. I think it seems depressing when it gets dark too early. Love the sun and sun activities.

How about we just stop the world from turning and keep it where it is ALWAYS sunny on this side and leave the other side dark like their mentality? Ouch! Too harsh? After all, we ARE elitists and Deserve our comfort. :coolsmiley::clap2::1rotfl:

Hey, just kidding. :icon_wink:

I’m a real early bird who’s usually out of bed between 5 and 5:30 AM, ready to go. I prefer it to get light earlier so if I need to I can get outside early before too much heat and humidity hampers my outside chores.

Standard time like the rest of the World

I thought about that aspect too but.....doesn't the heat come when the sun comes up? It really doesn't matter what time an individual goes outside to do yard work just to beat the heat; not unless there is an appointment to attend. For us who are retired, what does it matter what time we go outside to weed the flowerbeds?

During DST, I just go outside an hour later at first light to beat the heat. That works for me. Gives me a bit more time in the morning to have breakfast before working on the property.

Not really. Until I just looked this up on Wiki, I had no idea if the rest of the world observed DST. Looking at the information in Wiki, I have hightened admiration for airlines who must adjust their schedules for departure and arrival times. Yikes.......

Daylight saving time by country - Wikipedia

Move to Alaska if you want darkness.

It really doesn't matter for me......but I do think that adjusting the clocks is a bit dumb.
BECAUSE...... Beginning on December 22 of each year, the sun rises one minute earlier each day and sets on minute later each day. This continues until June 21st when the sun will rise and set one minute later each day.
So no matter what time it is, there will always be a total of three hours difference for sunrise and sunset over the course of each year.

Standard time

Dst
 

Arizona doesn't change for dst, so should they not vote in Congress on this subject?

I also say split the difference, and if that doesn't work for the New World Order, too bad. It's time we think of what's best for America.

Give me DST. My psyche is so-o-o much better when I have more light during my waking hours!