Comments on: Daylight Savings Time

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:23:14 +0000

I agree with Fred. Living in Arizona is great! I really like not having to worry about DST.
With that said the more I interact with people outside of the Arizona bubble (multi-state and international phone conferences for example) it gets kind of annoying always trying to figure out if the time difference is 8 or 9 hours to London (or other city of your choice), or driving to Utah do we lose an hour or does the time stay the same? In the end I think there is just as much hassle with DST living in Arizona (where we have tons of daylight no matter what we do) as there is living in a place that changes their clock forward or backward (however that is supposed to work).

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:21:10 +0000

Fred, I have actually considered moving back to Arizona. I enjoyed it when I was younger.

Velda, I will vote you for queen. Just let me know when the election is. =)

By: Velda

Velda — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:10:17 +0000

I’d do it! Well, I don’t know how MY work day could get shorter (there surely aren’t enough hours in the day as is) but if I were doing hourly work it’d sure be nice to chop an hour off each month from october to december, then slowly add them back on through March. I’d even add extra time back into summer work days.. really And of course two two week vacations would help too. :-/

Next when I’m queen of the world: stricter but cheaper photo ticketing for traffic violations but also a weekly random rewards system for drivers caught being good…

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:47:08 +0000

I have the solution!!! You can all move to AZ like us and you will never have a problem with DST! See you soon!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:19:08 +0000

I like your idea to just make the work day shorter. =)

By: Velda

Velda — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:03:01 +0000

re: Is anyone really affected adversely by having light for a lesser duration in their day?

Seasonal affective disorder sounds pathetic, I know, but it makes a big impact on some people. If I leave work work in the dark and finish in the dark too and don’t have any time to enjoy a little sunshine, I have a rough time getting through winter.

By: Velda

Velda — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:54:42 +0000

I guess so the sun’s not up at 5am in the summer? I also like that it stays light later in the summer time. As for switching winter over to the same time as daylight savings, it’d be a little dark when it’s time for the kids to go to school. What’d be COOL though is if rather than changing the clocks for winter vs summer, we just change our accepted schedules. In winter, work could start at 10 am and end at 3, giving us a little afternoon time to enjoy what light we’ve got, and at night, the extra rest would be good for those winter flus. Maybe it’d cut down on traffic accidents too. And don’t you naturally have a bit more energy in the summer? If only it such a schedule change were a bit more practical. But daylight savings isn’t too practical either, so who knows? :-p