Why dst is stupid

Besides, it would be less disruptive, as we already spend two-thirds of the year on daylight saving time.

But the most important thing is for us to stop messing with the clocks twice a year. The editorial board opines on the important issues of the day — exhorting, explaining, deploring, mourning, applauding or championing, as the case may be.

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All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Because the individual states started and ended their Daylight Saving Time on different dates, it caused quite a bit of upheaval. In , Congress fixed this chaotic situation with the Uniform Time Act. Although only one standard for Daylight Saving was set, the Act did not mandate the actual use of the time change. So, some states like Arizona and Alaska, which did not wish to participate in Daylight Saving, were not obligated to adhere to the Uniform Time Act.

Also, there was even more legislation passed to clarify the overlap of time zones and states. According to a National Geographic News article on this legislation, a " amendment extended the option not to observe DST to areas lying in separate time zones but contained within the same state.

The Energy Policy Act, established in , but actually enacted in , was hatched as a safety precaution for children. And as noted in a blog by the Huffington Post, the law was a "measure designed to help cut down on the number of children injured or killed in automobile accidents while trick-or-treating after dark on Halloween.

What do you think of DST? Should any more legislation be enacted regarding Daylight Saving Time? Let us know by leaving a comment below. Then having very short face-to-face meetings throughout the day. I suppose there is nothing stopping us from just ignoring time zones and saying "UTC" at the end of every time of day mentioned or scheduled, ey Dane? Dane for sure it makes sense. I think we can leave it up to individuals to book meeting times that work for them, and maybe for larger meeting settings there could be some agreed upon hours that we know we can book those kinds of meetings-- and be done with it.

Covid has allowed for a lot more flexibility to evolve naturally so I'm hoping that is one good outcome out of this frustrating and sad time we are living in!

Just imagine if fewer people assemble for lunch at a certain time of day. Spreading out schedules would result in fewer human clusters. It would also be nice to get rid of rush hour, it's another curve that could use some flattening. I wonder what the impact on emissions would be, to have less cars piled up, going nowhere for hours. So how'd we do explaining it like you were five Limarc? Anywho, I do feel like changing the clocks twice a year is needlessly complicated. It definitely leads to software bugs in my experience!

Maybe a compromise of meeting in the middle, a half hour off of where we are now and leaving it be would be one solution worth considering. Get feral when you answer to the greatest interview in history Share your philosophy. Is Daylight Savings Time Stupid? The biological clock evolved to want to be awake in the day in a sleep at night. The reason for it is obsolete. Limarc Nov 3, , PM. Dane Nov 3, , PM. Nov 3, , PM. Arthur Nov 3, , PM. Linh Nov 3, , PM.