Daylight Savings Time (U.S.)

[ImaNoid]

Here in America, we have just one of many idiocies known as Daylight Savings Time. In the way back, the government decided to begin having it for some reason lost to antiquity. Because of modern technology, there is no longer a use for it. To my knowledge, no other place on earth has it. My question is this: does it screw with the minds of other people in the world, who interact with us, or is it just me? Thoughts?

[KoolBak]

Never read about this before...interesting.

http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/history.html

[Metsfanmax]

Lol. Daylight Saving Time was first proposed by a New Zealander and first implemented by Germany (and still implemented in the European Union). But sure, blame Americans for it.

[saxitoxin]

My question is this: does it screw with the minds of other people in the world, who interact with us, or is it just me? Thoughts?

nietzsche has been taking his siesta from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and then going to bed at 10 p.m.

[ImaNoid]

Lol. Daylight Saving Time was first proposed by a New Zealander and first implemented by Germany (and still implemented in the European Union). But sure, blame Americans for it.

I stand corrected. It was not an American construct. However, the question remains: Does it mess with other peoples' minds (in other parts of the world that do not have it and interact with us that do) or is it just me?

[Serbia]

The world really doesn't revolve around the US. I really doubt anyone else gives a fuck. I've got family in the UK and Spain, and their time change occurs on a different date than ours, so there is a period of time when the time difference is different than usual, but it's not a big deal.

Bollocks.

[DoomYoshi]

Most countries worldwide use it. It has ruined many an online encounter, as someone will say to me: "meet me at 630 PST" and I say, "do you mean PDT" and then they say "no Pacific Standard Time" and then I show up an hour late? Give me a break.

[notyou2]

The world really doesn't revolve around the US. I really doubt anyone else gives a fuck. I've got family in the UK and Spain, and their time change occurs on a different date than ours, so there is a period of time when the time difference is different than usual, but it's not a big deal.

Bollocks.

Thank you Serbia.

Noid, as previously stated many places around the world use it. I'm sure google could tell you this. Also, google could tell you why it was implemented. Furthermore, google could tell you it is not used in all 50 states.

[DoomYoshi]

Alaska - still in PST!

[saxitoxin]

Most countries worldwide use it. It has ruined many an online encounter, as someone will say to me: "meet me at 630 PST" and I say, "do you mean PDT" and then they say "no Pacific Standard Time" and then I show up an hour late? Give me a break.

For the amount you're paying for your "online encounters" they should be more considerate.

[mrswdk]

Typical America, now it's even trying to tell the sun what to do.

[Metsfanmax]

Typical America, now it's even trying to tell the sun what to do.

Says the guy from a country that has a single time zone where most other countries would have six.

[mrswdk]

Typical America, now it's even trying to tell the sun what to do.

Says the guy from a country that has a single time zone where most other countries would have six.

Typical American, trying to tell China what time zones to have.

[nietzsche]

Typical America, now it's even trying to tell the sun what to do.

Says the guy from a country that has a single time zone where most other countries would have six.

lol, really?

[macbone]

ImaNoid, it can be confusing for me because my family lives in North America, so I can never remember the time difference. I imagine companies that trade with the US just roll with it, though.

[mrswdk]

Typical America, now it's even trying to tell the sun what to do.

Says the guy from a country that has a single time zone where most other countries would have six.

lol, really?

Yeah, all of China uses Beijing time.

It's not that big a deal. The only parts of China that aren't in the Beijing time zone are the western regions, and none of them are very important anyway.

[WingCmdr Ginkapo]

I hope everyone is going to cope with the extra second tonight.

[ConfederateSS]

----It has no use,in today's world... The very purpose,is so you can save on you electric bill. So you can charge you phone...To tell time... Also do you want your kids walking to school in the dark in the winter time. YEAH! Today's world...Got to Love it... ConfederatSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... You say new Tech. Clocks/Phones...You have just offended THE AMISH ...From now on everyone has to use SUN DIALS...ALL OTHER FORMS OF TELLING TIME ARE BANNED....

[ImaNoid]

----It has no use,in today's world... The very purpose,is so you can save on you electric bill. So you can charge you phone...To tell time... Also do you want your kids walking to school in the dark in the winter time. YEAH! Today's world...Got to Love it... ConfederatSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... You say new Tech. Clocks/Phones...You have just offended THE AMISH ...From now on everyone has to use SUN DIALS...ALL OTHER FORMS OF TELLING TIME ARE BANNED....

YEAH!!! On a side note, let's not destroy symbols of history just because someone doesn't like it

[ImaNoid]

ImaNoid, it can be confusing for me because my family lives in North America, so I can never remember the time difference. I imagine companies that trade with the US just roll with it, though.

Thank you for understanding the nature of my thread. As for companies, the thread wasn't about them. It was about the effect on the individual.

[notyou2]

----It has no use,in today's world... The very purpose,is so you can save on you electric bill. So you can charge you phone...To tell time... Also do you want your kids walking to school in the dark in the winter time. YEAH! Today's world...Got to Love it... ConfederatSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... You say new Tech. Clocks/Phones...You have just offended THE AMISH ...From now on everyone has to use SUN DIALS...ALL OTHER FORMS OF TELLING TIME ARE BANNED....

The confederate flag rant is a different thread.

[DoomYoshi]

Typical America, now it's even trying to tell the sun what to do.

Says the guy from a country that has a single time zone where most other countries would have six.

If we consider nations through time as well, then most countries would actually use local nooning, and have hundreds or thousands of time zones.

[Dukasaur]

Here in America, we have just one of many idiocies known as Daylight Savings Time. In the way back, the government decided to begin having it for some reason lost to antiquity. Because of modern technology, there is no longer a use for it. To my knowledge, no other place on earth has it. My question is this: does it screw with the minds of other people in the world, who interact with us, or is it just me? Thoughts?

Daylight Savings is a flawed concept.

Here's CGP Grey typically wonderful summary of the subject:


I could describe some of the problems with it, but the video pretty much says it all.

[ImaNoid]

Here in America, we have just one of many idiocies known as Daylight Savings Time. In the way back, the government decided to begin having it for some reason lost to antiquity. Because of modern technology, there is no longer a use for it. To my knowledge, no other place on earth has it. My question is this: does it screw with the minds of other people in the world, who interact with us, or is it just me? Thoughts?

Daylight Savings is a flawed concept.

Here's CGP Grey typically wonderful summary of the subject:


I could describe some of the problems with it, but the video pretty much says it all.

Wow, that was quite educational. I only thought it was a useless construct. Now, I'm absolutely sure of it. Thank you for the enlightenment. I shall pass on this information to anyone who'll listen.

[tzor]

American inventor and politician Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay called “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light” to the editor of The Journal of Paris in 1784. In the essay, he suggested, although jokingly, that Parisians could economize candle usage by getting people out of bed earlier in the morning, making use of the natural morning light instead.

Now it's not immediately obvious unless you know a little about Ben Franklin, but the irony is deep here. Many years before that, writing for "Poor Richards Almanac" he wrote "Early to bed; early to rise; makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise" but by the time he was an ambassador to France he tended to get up after NOON.