Comments on: Do We Set Our Clocks Back, Or Are We Stuck On Daylight Saving Time?

By: RAD

RAD — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:35:15 +0000

Why can’t the time be the same everywhere in the world? UTC, GMT, Zulu time on a 24 hour clock like most militaries use.

Is it really so hard to comprehend how that would work?

Perhaps you live on the equator in a part of the world where sunrise is at 0600 hours and sunset is at 1800 hours. Or maybe you live where sunrise is 1400 hours and sunset is 0400 hours. What difference does it make? You still get 12 hours of Daylight and dark. Maybe your kid goes to school at 0800, two hours after daylight, or 1600 hours, two hours after daylight, depending on the example.

It’s just a number on a clock folks.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:43:09 +0000

The whole world has accepted these time zones (except China). It is a stupid idea that could trigger a chain reaction across the country, which will cause mass disfunction for airlines and the like. Our side of Florida will not benefit from this stupid idea. It would make it dark at 7 am during the majority of the school year.

By: anne1of2

anne1of2 — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:40:33 +0000

Note to John Q. Yes, both zones close their polls at 7:00 p.m. When the national news said Bush had won the election in FL they were reporting only the numbers from our eastern time zone. Then they came back and said Uh Oh; the polls in the central time haven't closed yet. That is what caused the votes in FL to be so close with Bush & Gore that we ended up with the hanging chad mess until January. So no, two time zones do matter. If they call the race in one time zone before the central time zone has closed, people in the central zone may give up and decide not to go and vote. The political people are very aware of this fact. 00 p.m. ;

By: What time is it?

What time is it? — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:03:32 +0000

I wear a watch on my wrist. I can set it to whatever time I want. That doesn’t mean I get more sunshine or less sunshine than anybody else. The whole concept of DST is stupid. It makes as much sense as changing the names of colors.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 02:57:04 +0000

I’m for the time staying in Daylight Savings Time year round in our area. We’re in a rather odd place as the sun shines. If you drive 500 miles to the west, the sun is up at least an hour later than here and we’re in the same time zone. I personally, get depressed in the winter due to less daylight hours that I’m not at work. Those of us who work normal office hours, for the most part, go to work in the dark and go home when it’s already dark as well. I hate going home and it’s already dark at 5 p.m. I know it doesn’t matter to retirees and those who may work shift work etc. but I like to have at least an hour or so of daylight left when I get off work.

By: MMO4

MMO4 — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 02:07:51 +0000

Just move it 30 minutes one way and be done.

By: Clock puncher

Clock puncher — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:44:15 +0000

The clock punchers did decide, we voted to eliminate the time change but for some stupid reason Congress has to approve the change.

Congress, the same folks who couldn’t figure out how to pour water out of a boot with a hole in the toe and the directions on the heel.

By: Rebear

Rebear — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:21:31 +0000

I’m retired, so it doesn’t matter to me. The sun rises and sets every day at approximately the same time. The time change doesn’t affect that. Tourists visiting Florida are on vacation, so how does the time change effect them? The people punching a clock are the only ones that matter. Let them decide.

By: simple

simple — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:05:04 +0000

Lose the time change. And while they’re at it, go to the new metric system of time: 100 hours/day. That way you can get 33 hours of sleep, 33 hours of work done, and still have over 30 hours of time to play in a day.

By: Pat Spedden

Pat Spedden — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:25:25 +0000

I love daylight saving time and having daylight into the evening. When I was a child the whole neighborhood was out and playing till dark. I get rather depressed in the winter because of the darkness and I guess I might have a touch of SAD. I say stay on DST year round. ⏰