Should We Eliminate the Time Change?

[Chargeride]

I don't work now, so it's not a big problem for me, but I hated clock changes with a passion.

If only for the mental gymnastics of trying to work out if it back or forwards that gives you an extra hour in bed.

 

[StrikesBixer858]

So, there are most states that will observe Daylight Savings Time all year round, and some that'll remain on Standard Time (besides Arizona and Hawaii)...

Personally think that'll cause some confusion.

Now I got this info from this article; article's outdated, but it might come into form. I can't know for sure. That's all I'll be saying about this.

 

[Slaphappygamer]

I think we need a third time change. Just kidding. I really don’t care which is permanent, just as long as it stops changing. Though, I do like daylight. So maybe the one with more sun would be preferred.

 

[Roamers]

If only for the mental gymnastics of trying to work out if it back or forwards that gives you an extra hour in bed.

We found it easiest to look at cell phone in the morning and change clocks that don't match, to match.

Also have mostly "auto-change" clocks.

 

[harryS]

20 years ago, I was in Alaska in June and thought to visit the local golf course after 10PM to see if I could rent some clubs. It was closed and people were sleeping!

 

[Slaphappygamer]

20 years ago, I was in Alaska in June and thought to visit the local golf course after 10PM to see if I could rent some clubs. It was closed and people were sleeping!

Reason to have a third time change. Lol

 

[teskow]

Except for the Navajo reservation in AZ which does observe DST.

I find Arizona's no DST policy to be more confusing than not in my travels around the southwest. I often fly into Phoenix and drive to Paige AZ. In the summer months, you actually pass through 5 time changes on the trip as you pass through portions of the Navajo reservation! Paige, which is surrounded by the Navajo Nation, doesn't observe DST. It's also very close to the Utah border where DST is observed. Driving around the Paige area, I'm never really sure what time it is.

Adopting a standard, whether it's ST or DST, would eliminate all this confusion.

" Adopting a standard, whether it's ST or DST, would eliminate all this confusion."

This is so true. I talk to so many people who make a Such big deal out of DST. Hard to believe but some actually believe it gives us an extra hour of sunlight. They must be joking.
How about China, My understanding is the entire country is on one time zone. It is hard to imagine if the time in New York and Seattle were the same. Now that would be an issue hard to live with.

 

[PCeBiker]

I think that we should cancel time zones as well.

One earth, one clock.

Just sleep when it's dark out or when you feel tired.

 

[Gionnirocket]

Thank God I found this thread. I just figured out why my clocks are wrong half the year.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I think we should do away with time altogether. Whose idea was it, anyway??

Sure, everything would happen all at once. But no more waiting, no more deadlines, no work hours, no alarm clocks.
;^}

 

[PCeBiker]

I think we should do away with time altogether. Whose idea was it, anyway??

My understanding is that it was the church that invented clocks so that the people would pray at the right time, and it was the railroads that forced the time zones because trains kept crashing into each other because high noon was at a different time at every stop.

We've all got clocks now so we don't need time zones, we would just be working and sleeping at different times depending on where we are.

When the sun is at it's highest point, it would be the middle of the day regardless of what time it was.
You just get used to your local timing, kinda like how Australia has Christmas in the middle of summer.

Sure, everything would happen all at once. But no more waiting, no more deadlines, no work hours, no alarm clocks.
;^}

I think that it would be kinda cool if the entire world celebrated New Years at the exact same moment.

 

[PCeBiker]

Thank God I found this thread. I just figured out why my clocks are wrong half the year.

You could still be in the wrong time zone though??

 

[Gionnirocket]

You could still be in the wrong time zone though??

Well that's what I've been doing...
When my clocks are wrong I've been moving 200 miles west to correct them. Then back when they're wrong again