What's The Point Of Daylight Savings Time?

[Quasar44]

Just curious since it's this weekend. I know that the dark and light changes from the fall to the spring, but does it really matter what the time on the clock says?

I have the answer

Daylight savings was very important before electricity

You shift an extra hour of light from am to pm

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Texas is supposed to end this bull shit next year.
I've heard all kinds of reasons for daylight savings but none have been verified.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

My question is should it stay the way that it is now or should we back up our clock this weekend and have that be the final move?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[Flash]

The majority of red-blooded Americans want PERMANENT daylight savings, not its elimination.

DST provides us with additional daylight after work, after dinner, in order to play games, go for a walk, sit in the grass.

I don't think it ever had anything to do with farmers...that's the classic American school year, not DST.

The problem nowadays is with school kids.

It is darker later in the morning. A lot of kids have to wait for the school bus in the dark or go to school when it is dark. It is more dangerous.

Adjusting DST make it lighter in the morning and helps the kids.

 

[whitehall]

From what I understand the intent of DST was to conservative energy but nobody seems to care anymore.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Wasn't it created for the farmers?

 

[Unkotare]

Well I don't know about that lol as we can't actually control the daylight just the clocks. (Who haven't always existed btw. Again, what about the rooster crowing back in the old days?)

A clock is a "who"?

 

[Richard-H]

The senate passed a bill to make DST permanent - all year round. This means that school children will be going to their bus stops in the dark for most of the year. On the otherhand, it will help save energy (maybe).

Usually, all the late night creeps are still wandering the streets up until dawn, which increases that chances of school children being harassed or worse.

If anything, congress should make standard time permanent or leave it as is. We no longer need Daylight savings time in the summer.

Why won't Congress make Daylight Saving Time permanent? | CNN Politics

On Sunday morning, we all will begrudgingly turn our clocks back an hour -- and in doing so, relegate ourselves to a winter of darkness.

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