DST makes no sense at the Equator or at the poles. There is only a small band where changing has the potential to make sense.
There is no variation at the Equator. The US states along the southern border should not be changing their clocks. Houston gets 10.25 hours of sunlight in December, compared to 14 hours in June. No matter where you set the clocks, there will be sunlight when you go to work/school and when you come home.
OTOH there is too much variation as you near the poles. The northern US states that are touching Canada’s southern border probably should. In December, Seattle is making a choice between having the sun up from 8AM to 4:30PM or from 7AM to 3:30PM. No matter how you handle it, it’s only 8.5 hours of sunlight in December, compared to 16 hours of sunlight in June.
I once worked at a place that had summer hours. “Summer” was set by the school calendar. We worked 9 hours a day Monday to Thursday, and then we got out at noon on Fridays.
I think it was supposed to save on the expense of candles.
These days, it should be called Daylight SPENDING Time, because the biggest economic argument in favor of it is that when it’s light outside after the offices close, people are more likely to spend money in restaurants, stores, and entertainment places.
I know you meant that as pure hyperbole, but I was on a group trip with someone whose sleep got so screwed up by a huge time zone change that they seriously had suicidal thoughts for a whole week. That part of the trip was not fun for any of us.
27 chapters (as of yesterday) is a joke. “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” has 37 chapters. Some kid reading that one book this summer beat him? The contest started as 1/2 mile == 1 chapter but even 54 chapters for a real tie would be trivial for Caufield.
DST makes no sense at the Equator or at the poles. There is only a small band where changing has the potential to make sense.
There is no variation at the Equator. The US states along the southern border should not be changing their clocks. Houston gets 10.25 hours of sunlight in December, compared to 14 hours in June. No matter where you set the clocks, there will be sunlight when you go to work/school and when you come home.
OTOH there is too much variation as you near the poles. The northern US states that are touching Canada’s southern border probably should. In December, Seattle is making a choice between having the sun up from 8AM to 4:30PM or from 7AM to 3:30PM. No matter how you handle it, it’s only 8.5 hours of sunlight in December, compared to 16 hours of sunlight in June.