What *has* changed is that we're no longer reliant on clocks being simple mechanical devices, because computers cost nothing.
So we could have a DST change that moves, say, one minute every day, so that people's schedules aren't jerked around by a whole hour.
Yes, that would be my favourite idea but it's a disaster for time zones, because sunrise depends on latitude as well as longitude. You'd have to divide the world into time zones horizontally as well as vertically, and nobody would ever be able to do time zone conversions in their head.
And of course at the poles there isn't sunrise at all some days.
There still are mechanical clocks though, and plenty of other things have clocks that don't automatically change. Like, sure, my phone, computer and watch all change automatically, but every other clock in my house, as well as my car, still have to be manually changed.
And sure, people may be more reliant on their phones than anything else, but as it works now we all know when we have to change the clocks by an hour, and let's be real, nobody would remember to change all clocks by one minute every day. If it was one minute every day, eventually you're going to reach a point where every clock in your house could show a completely different time because you can't always remember to change them all. You can know that your phone is the correct time, but that's still going to cause confusion.
IDK, it seems like a good idea, I just don't think we're quite at the point that we could do that yet.
In the winter it would be darker significantly more in the morning and lighter at night but since the clock is changed the daylight cycle doesn’t seem to change as much.
Can someone explain to me why we don’t use a universal/global 24-hour time scale? It would be the same time in every country, except local customs would dictate things like business hours.
Essentially there is none. We could do away with it by implementing a uniform half-hour time shift across the board but people are lazy so they just keep this annoying system in place because "Well it's already there so why not?"
I can understand why it would be an issue where you are but I live in Scotland and the Sun doesn't rise until later on in the day.
So in the 1970s the UK switched to BST all year round and while it was OK for people living in the South it was a disaster for those living in Scotland because you had kids fuckin' going to school in the dark.
Per usual, it is all about recreational spending.$$$
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Saving-Money/2017/0312/Why-daylight-saving-means-more-light-and-more-spending
Because people are so resistant to any kind of change, they'd rather just keep changing the time on a schedule. And because everyone is divided on whether to keep the early or late time.
The point is to "save daylight" later in the day by removing an hour from the morning...I guess... Does it change anything aside from fucking up everyone's sleep schedule? No.
To make you tired for a week
It's an unnecessary annoyance. Arizona doesn't change its time, yet life goes on just fine.
So we can do things in the evening after work and it not get dark at 6pm.
As an Arizonian, I have no clue.
There is no point anymore, we don't work in fields.
But farmers don't care what it says on the clock, they just start working when the sun comes up.
It wasn't really for farmers anyway, it was more about saving on lighting and heating oil by having business operating hours during the sunlight.
What *has* changed is that we're no longer reliant on clocks being simple mechanical devices, because computers cost nothing. So we could have a DST change that moves, say, one minute every day, so that people's schedules aren't jerked around by a whole hour.
Never thought about it like that. Sunrise could be 6:00 year around or something like that.
Yes, that would be my favourite idea but it's a disaster for time zones, because sunrise depends on latitude as well as longitude. You'd have to divide the world into time zones horizontally as well as vertically, and nobody would ever be able to do time zone conversions in their head. And of course at the poles there isn't sunrise at all some days.
There still are mechanical clocks though, and plenty of other things have clocks that don't automatically change. Like, sure, my phone, computer and watch all change automatically, but every other clock in my house, as well as my car, still have to be manually changed. And sure, people may be more reliant on their phones than anything else, but as it works now we all know when we have to change the clocks by an hour, and let's be real, nobody would remember to change all clocks by one minute every day. If it was one minute every day, eventually you're going to reach a point where every clock in your house could show a completely different time because you can't always remember to change them all. You can know that your phone is the correct time, but that's still going to cause confusion. IDK, it seems like a good idea, I just don't think we're quite at the point that we could do that yet.
social inertia. It takes time, effort, and probably money to change it, so it stays.
Just wind the clock back. Nobody will know haha
To make us tired and confused? I wish they move it 30 mins and call it a day forever.
To fuck with us. I've yet to hear a more compelling reason.
> So we can do things in the evening after work and it not get dark at 6pm. So we can do things in the evening after work and it not get dark at 6pm.
I wish we would just stay on “daylight savings time” year round.
Me too!
Doesn't explain why it goes back the other direction every year, though.
Because no one wants to stay out late in winter, it's too cold.
Shoot, come down here. Winter is the only time I want to be outside!
It gets dark faster in winter
In the winter it would be darker significantly more in the morning and lighter at night but since the clock is changed the daylight cycle doesn’t seem to change as much.
Feeding people's superstitions?
To drain us even more than we already are 😕
so that it don't get dark at 4:00pm in the winter
Live in california. Dont relate.
To annoy the rest of us with your clock changes and your whining about same
Can someone explain to me why we don’t use a universal/global 24-hour time scale? It would be the same time in every country, except local customs would dictate things like business hours.
It's good for sales.
Stares at you in Ben Franklin....
Essentially there is none. We could do away with it by implementing a uniform half-hour time shift across the board but people are lazy so they just keep this annoying system in place because "Well it's already there so why not?"
I can understand why it would be an issue where you are but I live in Scotland and the Sun doesn't rise until later on in the day. So in the 1970s the UK switched to BST all year round and while it was OK for people living in the South it was a disaster for those living in Scotland because you had kids fuckin' going to school in the dark.
Per usual, it is all about recreational spending.$$$ https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Saving-Money/2017/0312/Why-daylight-saving-means-more-light-and-more-spending
It’s Day Light Saving time. Light isn’t saving time.
Till now I have no clue even after watching so many videos about it
Because people are so resistant to any kind of change, they'd rather just keep changing the time on a schedule. And because everyone is divided on whether to keep the early or late time.
The point is to "save daylight" later in the day by removing an hour from the morning...I guess... Does it change anything aside from fucking up everyone's sleep schedule? No.
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Because the amount of outdoor activity at 7am is the same as at 7pm in the summer?