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re: Comparison maps of all daylight savings time to all standard time to current setup
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:11 pm to Bama Bird
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:11 pm to Bama Bird
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There is no legitimate reason Alabama should be on Central Time in any of these scenarios
I would much prefer living on the western edge of a time zone, instead of the eastern edge.
Getting dark earlier than others all year long is not advantageous.
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Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:16 pm to East Coast Band
There should be more support for just splitting the difference, changing the clock one last time, and calling it done.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:16 pm to East Coast Band
We want people to be healthier?? Then the more light in the afternoon/evening the better. People are more active when the sun is up.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:17 pm to Hangover Haven
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As opposed to 5:15?
Yes, 5:15 would be significantly better.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:20 pm to East Coast Band
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I don't see how retired folks would ever care.
I surely don't.
You working baws do whatever you want with the clock. I haven't set an alarm in years. Just last night I was working in my woodshop until 3 am.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:21 pm to LegendInMyMind
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There should be more support for just splitting the difference, changing the clock one last time, and calling it done.
Considering all of preferences for one or the other, this might just be the best option to actually stop changing our clocks.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:23 pm to wm72
quote:And the one on its left sucks shite completely.
I love that bright afternoon map in the lower right corner!
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:24 pm to fallguy_1978
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Considering all of preferences for one or the other, this might just be the best option to actually stop changing our clocks.
It makes sense.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:24 pm to Bama Bird
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There is no legitimate reason Alabama should be on Central Time in any of these scenarios
This is incorrect. Time zones are based off of 0° longitude (axis) with a time zone boundary 7.5° longitude on each side of the axis. (15° in each zone with 0° being the centerline). Therefore, the eastern time zone/central time zone boundary should be at 82.5° west. that would put all of Alabama in central time as it should be.
So an axis for each time zone would be at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, etc…. New Orleans couldn’t be more perfect for central time since 90 degrees west longitude runs directly through the city. Thus, Central time SHOULD run from 82.5 west to 97.5 west, but it doesn’t for a number of reasons.
This post was edited on 12/15/24 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:25 pm to East Coast Band
Why does the top option look like the worst of the the 3 yet we are still doing it?
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:27 pm to Hangover Haven
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What time do you get off work... 8?
I live in that dark part of Texas. It’s 4:30 and it’s starting to get dark
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:34 pm to East Coast Band
There's much more after school activities now than in the 70s. So the kids are in the dark in the morning or afternoon. I recently say a poor sap bicycling home from work in the dark at 5:30 pm, that is very dangerous.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:37 pm to East Coast Band
It’s called STANDARD TIME for a fricking reason.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:52 pm to real turf fan
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Not quite. The ads had kids waiting for the bus in pouring rainstorms in the dark.
I remember parents complaining about it on the local news...
It wasn't ads on TV...
This post was edited on 12/15/24 at 5:52 pm
Posted on 12/15/24 at 6:18 pm to fallguy_1978
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I actually agree that it getting dark at 5 sucks for the 3 or so months it happens, but I'd rather have that than spending hours of my morning in the dark. Plus, the sun goes down too damn late during the summer anyway imo. 95 degrees at 8:15pm sucks.
Yep.
The % of people who would actually like DST after a year is much smaller than the people who want it now. Mostly because people aren't thinking ahead and/or they don't understand the ramifications of year-round DST.
It's not an argument. DST year round would lead to worse health outcomes. We've already tried, we've already failed, we have the data.
If we stop switching the clocks, we are going standard time.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 6:23 pm to Odysseus32
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The % of people who would actually like DST after a year is much smaller than the people who want it now. Mostly because people aren't thinking ahead and/or they don't understand the ramifications of year-round DST.
What are the ramifications?
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It's not an argument. DST year round would lead to worse health outcomes
Why would it lead to worse health outcomes?
Posted on 12/15/24 at 6:24 pm to East Coast Band
We are currently in standard time and most people in the central time zone hate it.
What I don’t get is those same people celebrating trump trying to abolish DST. I guess they just don’t know the difference between DST and standard.
What I don’t get is those same people celebrating trump trying to abolish DST. I guess they just don’t know the difference between DST and standard.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 6:25 pm to SWLA92
Standard would be fine in the summer. Sunset at 8pm is late enough.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 6:36 pm to OldmanBeasley
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What are the ramifications?
Increase in obesity, heart attack, stroke, etc.
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Why would it lead to worse health outcomes?
Because as much as people like the extra hour of daylight, it's misaligned with our natural circadian rhythms. Natural circadian rhythms do not vary much. Almost everyone on this board is neither a natural night owl or early riser. It's very rare to have a circadian rhythm that is not in tune with what we already have a clock for; standard time.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 6:40 pm to TDsngumbo
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must be the only on in the country who has zero problem with either one.
Really I prefer the light longer in evenings and couldn't really care less if it's darker in the mornings.
But, financially, longer "afternoons" are so much better. I have a shop and there's always a big difference in business when it's dark at 5pm regardless of weather.
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