Oh no-- that clock thing again? Cue the debaters...

[NY_Dutch]

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When we had dogs, we just shifted their meal time by an hour so they wouldn't be pestering us.

 

[Tulecreeper]

Most every mid size and up town in America has a Tuesday night bike ride (race) that starts at 6 pm the first Tuesday after DST starts and runs weekly until the clocks go back. They're normally a 35 mile route that takes 1:30 to 1:45 hrs. "The Tuesday Night World Championships".

Honestly never heard of that.

 

[Tulecreeper]

Isn’t it light as long as it’s light with or without DST?

Always been my thought. DST or no DST, it all averages out during the year anyway.

 

[Tulecreeper]

Over the next 5 days, sunrise changes by 7 minutes. A bit more than a minute a day.

Yes, but in December it will go for a week or more and not change at all so everything averages out throughout the year.

 

[Gizmo1137]

It would be nice if DST were made permanent, but for me the change is nothing to fret or get excited about as it is a minor inconvenience for a couple days.

 

[old RV guy]

Honestly never heard of that.

Unless you're into road cycling you probably wouldn't have, I guess. I frequented them when in my riding days in most any midsize + town on the map that's large enough for a bike shop. Most any bike shop has the details for local evening and weekend rides.

 

[Lou Schneider]

The real reason for Daylight Savings Time is to make sunrise times more consistent throughout the year. If we didn't adjust the time it would still be dark when children set off to school during the shorter winter days. Or businesses with fixed operating hours would either have to shift their opening times or lose an hour of productive daylight from opening later in the solar day during the summer months.

Arizona is something of an outlier. They're in the southern part of the country so they don't have as much seasonal variation in the length of their days as states further north. There's always 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness at the equator versus roughly 6 months of daylight and 6 months of darkness at the north and south poles.

 

[old_toys]

 

[gwinger]

Always been my thought. DST or no DST, it all averages out during the year anyway.

I'd rather have it stay light longer at the end of the day. Even that 1 hour in the winter makes a difference.

 

[Chef Duane]

I'd rather have it stay light longer at the end of the day. Even that 1 hour in the winter makes a difference.

Uh oh. The forum meanies are going to say it doesn't stay light longer, it stays the same.

 

[jymbee]

The forum meanies...

Uh... no comment.

 

[Oldgator73]

Uh oh. The forum meanies are going to say it doesn't stay light longer, it stays the same.

Yep. At our house some rooms it stays daylight longer than other rooms. Example; in our TV room it’s light out 1730 but in the kitchen it’s dark at 1630. Now it could be because the clock in the TV automatically sets to DST but the stove and microwave don’t. I don’t know but it gets confusing.

 

[Chef Duane]

Uh... no comment.

Smart move!

There are times when I should bite my tongue but can't.

 

[rvlifer]

Uh oh. The forum meanies are going to say it doesn't stay light longer, it stays the same.

They probably just prefer clarity over agreement

 

[Chef Duane]

They probably just prefer clarity over agreement

And with it staying lighter longer that clarity is somewhat easier.

 

[rvlifer]

And with it staying lighter longer that clarity is somewhat easier.

If i understand it correctly the light does last longer due to seasons and position/orientation of the planet in relation to the sun but the time change mostly designed to increase the amount of existing sunlight during waking and working hours. Seems to me that both sides are correct

 

[Oldgator73]

If i understand it correctly the light does last longer due to seasons and position/orientation of the planet in relation to the sun but the time change mostly designed to increase the amount of existing sunlight during waking and working hours. Seems to me that both sides are correct

The length of the daylight hours does not change due to DST. In Dover, DE today sunrise was at 7:20am and sunset is at 7:04pm. Rolling the clock back an hour or forward will not change the amount of time between sunrise and sunset. 11 hours and 44 minutes.

 

[Jackiemac]

Welcome to Scotland!!

In Saline and Steelend, Scotland, the shortest day, occurring around the winter solstice on December 21st, will have roughly 7 hours of daylight, with sunrise around 8:46 am and sunset around 3:44 pm.

And that's not taking into account the lack of blue skies.

 

[Oldgator73]

Welcome to Scotland!!

In Saline and Steelend, Scotland, the shortest day, occurring around the winter solstice on December 21st, will have roughly 7 hours of daylight, with sunrise around 8:46 am and sunset around 3:44 pm.

And that's not taking into account the lack of blue skies.

However, if you change your clocks forward one hour you would still have roughly 7 hours of daylight.

 

[Jackiemac]

However, if you change your clocks forward one hour you would still have roughly 7 hours of daylight.

Yes.. I'm not disputing that