Changing the clocks

[Whitewolf]

Why?
It must cost a fortune in resource and productivity.
Unless someone can give me a different view. I think that it is annoying and confusing. We spent hours trying to go through all of the clocks in our house and still missed some, the result being that daughter was late for class this morning, and even as I am saying this I just found another missed clock!
Am I the only one that has this frustration?

 

[Astro14]

You're not the only one...

But the cost is the reason that it was first done, to allow for longer daylight working hours...and save the cost of electricity...not certain that has any merit any more...

 

[dparm]

How many clocks do you have? The only clocks of mine that did not automatically change were the oven and microwave, and of course my mechanical wristwatch.

 

[Nick R]

The only ones that didn't change were oven, microwave, car clock, and a few alarm clocks. The rest are computers, cable boxes, or cell phones all of which automatically change.

 

[Whitewolf]

Originally Posted By: Astro14
You're not the only one...

But the cost is the reason that it was first done, to allow for longer daylight working hours...and save the cost of electricity...not certain that has any merit any more...


Exactly. My view is that it is an outdated concept that may have been valid during the war period for instance but is now counterproductive.

 

[itguy08]

Originally Posted By: Astro14

But the cost is the reason that it was first done, to allow for longer daylight working hours...and save the cost of electricity...not certain that has any merit any more...


I don't get that. You're still turning the lights on and off. Just at different times. Before the change I would wake up at 6am to daylight. Now the lights are on until 7am. Instead of turning them on at, say 6pm now it's 7pm. So no savings whatsoever.

 

[John_K]

I think it's crazy. We live in a 24 hour society any more, what does changing the clocks prove? Walmart is lit up day and night regardless of what the sun is doing. And don't farmers work sunup to sundown regardless of what the clock says?

John

 

[Astro14]

Originally Posted By: itguy08
Originally Posted By: Astro14

But the cost is the reason that it was first done, to allow for longer daylight working hours...and save the cost of electricity...not certain that has any merit any more...


I don't get that. You're still turning the lights on and off. Just at different times. Before the change I would wake up at 6am to daylight. Now the lights are on until 7am. Instead of turning them on at, say 6pm now it's 7pm. So no savings whatsoever.


As an IT guy, you don't work on a farm, or in a factory that relied on windows for light...do you? We weren't always a society that worked solely in offices with florescent lighting...

 

[Benzadmiral]

When we were a more agrarian society, the Daylight Saving scheme was proposed -- ca. 1918, I think? -- and was roundly rejected. Perhaps Americans were more sensible back then.

It certainly doesn't save me any electricity. Thanks to DST, hot summer sunlight falls on my front door and windows for an hour longer every day (relative to when I'm awake and active -- until 8 pm rather than 7 pm) than it would without the scheme. So my A/C has to run longer and harder than it would without DST. No savings, in fact I wind up spending more.

 

[mrsilv04]

Originally Posted By: Whitewolf
Why?
It must cost a fortune in resource and productivity.
Unless someone can give me a different view. I think that it is annoying and confusing. We spent hours trying to go through all of the clocks in our house and still missed some, the result being that daughter was late for class this morning, and even as I am saying this I just found another missed clock!
Am I the only one that has this frustration?


No... what costs us a fortune in resource and productivity is the IRS.

Is it really *that* difficult to change the time on a few clocks?

 

[IndyIan]

Up here atleast, the time changes do help keep kids going to and from school in daylight. Also as a hobby farmer, I do like the extra daylight in the evening to work on jobs or equipment, cut firewood etc... I can do chores with a simple headlight but doing other work in the dark is a bit annoying.

 

[danthaman1980]

I really enjoy the extra hour of daylight in the evening, since I now have enough light to take care of some extra outdoor chores after work; oil changes, cleaning up the garage, etc. I don't mind the extra hour of darkness in the early morning when I'm trying to sleep or getting ready for work.

 

[itguy08]

Originally Posted By: Astro14

As an IT guy, you don't work on a farm, or in a factory that relied on windows for light...do you? We weren't always a society that worked solely in offices with florescent lighting...


I get that but as a farmer, I'd think you would get up when it's light and work until it's dusk regardless of what the clock says.

And for factories I'd imagine many run 24/7 so lights would be on regardless.

 

[R80RS]

Originally Posted By: IndyIan
Up here atleast, the time changes do help keep kids going to and from school in daylight.


That's the reason I've always heard in defense of DST - so that schoolkids have more daylight for the trip to school. Maybe that's of greater benefit in the north and less of a concern in the south.

 

[SteveSRT8]

My family has farmed here in Fl for generations. We have the distinction of being the FIRST people to grow 'table grade' celery in Fl's unique soils.

My Granddad NEVER looked at a clock. You went out at earliest daylight or slightly before and you came home at dark. Pretty simple, and I guarantee you that most farmers do not allow an arbitrary time on a clock face to rule their workday!

Messing with the time is crazy...

 

[Smoky14]

Originally Posted By: Astro14
Originally Posted By: itguy08
Originally Posted By: Astro14

But the cost is the reason that it was first done, to allow for longer daylight working hours...and save the cost of electricity...not certain that has any merit any more...


I don't get that. You're still turning the lights on and off. Just at different times. Before the change I would wake up at 6am to daylight. Now the lights are on until 7am. Instead of turning them on at, say 6pm now it's 7pm. So no savings whatsoever.


As an IT guy, you don't work on a farm, or in a factory that relied on windows for light...do you? We weren't always a society that worked solely in offices with florescent lighting...

I was raised on a farm, w/o electricity and we got up to work when the sun did, and we came in at night when the sun stopped providing light enough to work. We told time by shadow length and how hungry Dad got.
It never saved any daylight as far as I know..don't blame the farmers for DST.

Smoky

 

[surfstar]

[this thread]

"GET OFF MY LAWN"



5 mins and my clocks were changed. All cell phones should do this automatically, and if your kid can't get to school on time b/c of DST...?

Its nice to be able to do outside things after work and thanks to Bush, we can for longer:
"On Monday August 8, 2005 President Bush signed into law a broad energy bill that extended Daylight Saving Time by four weeks beginning in 2007. Since 1986 the United States had observed Daylight Saving Time from the first Sunday in April through the last Sunday in October. The provisions of the bill call for Daylight Saving Time to begin three weeks earlier on the second Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday in November."

 

[exranger06]

I welcome the extra hour of daylight in the evening. It gives me time to do stuff outside after work. Before daylight savings time, it would get dark less than an hour after I got home from work. 2 weeks ago I was underneath the Bronco, fabricating brake lines by flashlight. Not fun.

 

[daman]

Working in the agriculture field it benefits us greatly,light is your friend when crops need to go in and business need to still be open for services, it matters.

 

[johnachak]

Originally Posted By: Whitewolf

Am I the only one that has this frustration?


Nope, welcome to the club. I think they did it to sell smoke detector batteries at a certain time of year. LOL.

Actually, nowadays, it's somewhat easier with many things with clocks automatically changing. Our under counter GE radio/CD/Mp 3 player has a cool Daylight savings switch. It moves the time one hour by flipping the switch to DST on or off. I wish more things would have that.