No more DST!

[Smilingreen]

I can see Biden messing this up somehow like he does all the other simple tasks , sorry but he has a hard time a lot of the time

 

[gwminor48]

Most clocks, automatic adjustment clocks, let you select DST or not.

From the Emerson Smartset manual:

Daylight Saving and Leap Year Adjustments
All Daylight Saving and Leap Year adjustment are made automatically by the SmartSet
internal computer as follow:
Start of Daylight Saving time:
At 2:00 AM on the 2nd Sunday in March, the clock will automatically advance to 3:00 AM
End of Daylight Saving time:
At 3:00 AM on the 1st Sunday in November, the clock will automatically reset to 2:00 AM

No mention of a way to turn it off. If this law passes I can try manually setting the time and seeing if it will stick.

 

[sebastiantombs]

AWWWWW. So much trouble to change a clock in todays world of automation. Wonder what would happen if we brought back rotary dial phones? Can you imagine

 

[biggen]

From the Emerson Smartset manual:

Daylight Saving and Leap Year Adjustments
All Daylight Saving and Leap Year adjustment are made automatically by the SmartSet
internal computer as follow:
Start of Daylight Saving time:
At 2:00 AM on the 2nd Sunday in March, the clock will automatically advance to 3:00 AM
End of Daylight Saving time:
At 3:00 AM on the 1st Sunday in November, the clock will automatically reset to 2:00 AM

No mention of a way to turn it off. If this law passes I can try manually setting the time and seeing if it will stick.

I don’t understand how they would expect you to use that clock in Arizona or Hawaii if DST can’t be disabled.

Edit: Here you go. They will have to release another set of instructions to deal with this change if it passes. Daylight Savings Time Updates | Emerson Radio

 

[wittaj]

Daylight Saving debate: Winners — and losers — of ending biannual time changes

Daylight Saving Time could soon become permanent in the U.S.

www.yahoo.com

 

[sdkid]

I live right at the boundary of Central Time and Mountain Time.

For me during DST, there is still sunset twilight visible at 11PM the 3rd week of June. If skies are clear on the solstice night of June 21-22, there is an oh-so-slight glow that just rotates around from that NW sunset spot to the sunrise spot in the NorthEast sky
This is at about 10:40pm on June 25, 2018.


We used to like doing "Outdoor Movie Night" with a projector when we lived in Commiefornia.... not really possible here until Fall without having the movie end VERY late. Regular time all year gets my vote.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Try living in the "UP", upper peninsula of Michigan, or even further north. I was up there one summer, late July, and it wasn't dark at 2300.

 

[Flintstone61]

Sunrise and sunset times in Minocqua, June 2022

Yeah Nautical Twilight is like 10:22 on June 21st. up in Northern Wi. in the 54548 zipcode
and 10:15 here in the Minnesota 55448 zipcode.

 

[sdkid]

Sunrise and sunset times in Minocqua, June 2022

Yeah Nautical Twilight is like 10:22 on June 21st. up in Northern Wi. in the 54548 zipcode
and 10:15 here in the Minnesota 54548 zipcode.

Pierre South Dakota....

 

[Oceanslider]

Senate passed a bill yesterday that would eliminate the DST roll back and forward time.

However, it still need to go to the House and if passed, then to the President desk.

About time!

Why not just split the difference and spring forward only a half hour permanently. I think the main issue is kids going to school in the dark.

I wonder the sun difference at the opposite ends of each time zone. The eastern end gets shorted evening daylight. Maybe add another time zone.

Have any of our brilliant politicians proposed a permanent 1/2hr spring forward?

 

[Oceanslider]

I’m all for DST. I’m just against the time change twice a year.

I believe we are in DST right now. This is the time I like keeping. That extra hour of light in the evening is nice to get work done.

I’m ok if it doesn’t get light until 9am in the morning, I like the light longer in the evening.

They had a bill in California a few years ago but deceptively worded it to confuse voters. It would have kept us in the spring forward state, but didn’t pass because of the way they worded it. I would say, deep down, everyone wants more sunlight after the typical work day hours.

 

[Oceanslider]

I’m all for DST. I’m just against the time change twice a year.

I believe we are in DST right now. This is the time I like keeping. That extra hour of light in the evening is nice to get work done.

I’m ok if it doesn’t get light until 9am in the morning, I like the light longer in the evening.

Kids going to school in the dark…not good.

Or change the school start time for part of the year.

 

[Oceanslider]

I'm all for killing DST...I hate getting up at 2 AM twice a year to set my clock back or forward an hour...

did you ever think that maybe best to change the clocks right before going to bed

 

[Oceanslider]

Daylight Saving debate: Winners — and losers — of ending biannual time changes

Daylight Saving Time could soon become permanent in the U.S.

www.yahoo.com

Good article

 

[TonyR]

did you ever think that maybe best to change the clocks right before going to bed

Uh...c'mon, man....I was joking!
To quote FJB..."I may be Irish, but I ain't dumb".
And TonyR says " I ain't Irish either."