Subj : Daylight Savings Time
To   : Gamgee
From : McDoob
Date : Thu Mar 10 2022 23:43:03

 Ga>  Ni> That's a good point.  In the winter, on standard time, it gets
 Ga>  Ni> dark here around 4:30PM on the days when we have the shortest
 Ga>  Ni> sunlight, so if we were on DST year round, it would get dark
 Ga>  Ni> around 3:30PM.
 Ga> 
 Ga> I think that's backwards.  If you were on DST year round, it would get
 Ga> dark at 5:30 instead of 4:30 (not at 3:30).  The problem is that it
 Ga> would still be dark in the morning until like 8:00AM or something.

Heh, I'm not sure *either* of you live as far north as I do. In the depths of
winter up here in Canada, you will never see the sun if you have a
nine-to-five job, and I mean that literally. Back in 2019 BC (Before Covid),
I would get to work at 8:30 am, and the sun would be peeking just over the
horizon. I would leave at about 5:00 pm, and it would already be dark. That's
*with* 'daylight savings mode' enabled...

There's other towns, further north still, that literally go days or months
*straight* without sunlight! (@_@)

On the other hand, in the summer months, it's possible to have 16+ hours of
daylight. The sun is up by 5:00 am, and doesn't set until 8:00, maybe
9:00 pm! And those other towns I mentioned will go days or months straight
without a sunset at all...(o_O)

Personally, I have never understood the point of this silly tradition of
changing our clocks twice a year. There's no savings; the amount of daylight
is exactly the same. It might have made a bit of sense, especially to those
who live a bit further south, when we were dependent on sunlight in order to
see. But even then, it also makes sense to just get up at a different time,
without actually changing the clock!

Just my opinion on the subject. Please add a grain or two of salt as required.

McDoob
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