Daylight Saving Time

[8.1HD/ALLISON]

Just a little rant here. I don't see the point of daylight saving time. Theres only 24 hours in a day and x amount of sunlight in a day. Deal with it. We can't change nature. The only thing moving our clocks back does is make it dark at 5 pm in the middle of winter. I for one would like to have a little daylight when I get home at night to take care of stuff around the house, plus it is a HUGE pain in the ass to change all the clocks around the house and in vehicles. Just curious if anyone else likes/ hates it?

[MikeNH]

No use for it. You want more light, shift your schedule not mine.

[RyanbabZ71]

What I hate is trying to get our son onto a new schedule. He is doing pretty good minus today waking up at 5:45 (I was already at work) and my wife not being to happy Other than that it doesnt really bother me one way or another.

[KMGZ400]

i like gaining an hour of sleep, but i hate losing an hour.... the whole daylight savings thing seems pointless to me..

[jdubub]

I agree it's pointless. I do love gaining an hour of sleep when I can, but I hate losing an hour as well. Even though we gained an hour my body clock still decides to wake me up from what I am use to so that blows

[cparks555]

What I hate is trying to get our son onto a new schedule. He is doing pretty good minus today waking up at 5:45 (I was already at work) and my wife not being to happy Other than that it doesnt really bother me one way or another.

 

 

Same here, my little man has been up at 5:30 the last few days. I just don't see what the point of rolling back the time is.

[SparkySparks]

I remember reading the point was for power use, having the main part of the day line up with daylight meant less power used for lighting. I have also read that in some places that started using daylight saving time have not seen any decrease in power usage. Either way, I love gaining an extra hour, I hate giving it back.

[waumo1]

My only complaint is that we go back to ST in the winter. I would prefer DST year round. I go to work year round in the dark so I prefer having as much daylight time as possible after I get off of work.

[tflessner]

My only complaint is that we go back to ST in the winter. I would prefer DST year round. I go to work year round in the dark so I prefer having as much daylight time as possible after I get off of work.

 

+ 1 It's nice having more daylight in the summer to get things done after work.

[00Silverado4x4]

You think it's useless here, I lived in Alaska for 4 years. By the middle of winter it would be daybreak at 10 am & sundown around 2 pm. Then by middle of summer you have about 1 hour of "dusk" & then it was sunny the other 23 hours of the day. I'd have to do time change & it accomplished literally nothing. However, to answer the original question I don't like the winter change since it just makes it dark by time I get home at night, then I don't like the spring change due to loosing the hour of sleep.

[Mizz]

Absolutely pointless

[old-chevy-dude]

made sense in the days of farming (probably still does in farm country) but for us city slickers, it is a complete waste.

[Silverado4x4]

I hate Day light saving time also, I like standard time. Around here in the summer it gets dark at about 9:15 PM but if we stayed on standard time it would get dark at 8:15 PM big deal I am done doing what I need to do outside at that time anyway. Day light saving time sucks.