DST

[minoanmiss]

I just watched the clock change over, and grooooooooaned.

As a wise person (who may self-identify if desired) just reminded me, this is like trying to make a string longer by cutting off a piece and typing it to the other end.

And now, the week of sleep deprivation. Woot woot.

At least Wolf and I agree on something!

Comments

[acelightning]

I hate "daylight" in the first place - why would I want to "save" it? This pointlessly repeated re-definition of the planet's rotation has gotten so bad that we spend more days of the year using the modified time than we do in "standard" time!

It's not only pointless, it's actually dangerous. Schoolchildren walk, or wait for buses, along dark streets, as half-awake drivers whiz past them during morning rush hour. Those same half-awake commuters get into more accidents. And the sudden changes imposed on circadian rhythms also increase the likelihood of heart attacks, strokes, depression, cognitive impairment, and other effects of sleep disturbance. Computer-controlled processes may not always adapt correctly to the change in clock time either, causing industrial accidents, errors in medical procedures, and bureaucratic disruptions.

Imagine how much worse it's going to be when humans explore other planets, with rotational, orbital, and seasonal periods that can't be made commensurate with Earth's cycles at all: "Hi, Parkes, it's 31 o'clock, Sneezyday, the 43rd of Boudica... "(20 minute pause) "G'day, Muskville, it's 11:47 PM, Tuesday, July 29th..."

[cmcmck]

Not due for another few days here.

[amaebi]

Chun Woo has a hard time with the clock changes, and a game at noon today. I am holding my thumbs.

[corylea]

More grumpy people, more car accidents, more surgical mistakes ... we must be getting something REALLY IMPORTANT for all that, right? *sigh*

[ororo]

I would be very happy if it went away, if only because I have a clock that I can't remember how to change.

[cellio]

I would like them to pick a scheme and stick with it. I don't care if we use standard time, daylight shifting time, some other scheme yet to be devised, or -- stretch goal! -- UTC. It's a notation system; we'll adjust. Just stop *screwing* with it!

nitpick, I suppose...

[thnidu]

...but I really hate it when people and documents and websites say "standard time" -- that is, xST -- to mean "clock time, whatever we happen to be using".

[annonynous.livejournal.com]

I have seen it suggested that Massachusetts switch to Atlantic Standard Time (as in the Canadian Maritimes) all year round. But this would probably only work well if the rest of the New England states (and possibly New York State) switched with us .

Me, I'm retired, so I don't have to worry about driving to work sleep-deprived or showing up an hour late. (:-/

Ann O.

[vettecat]

Hate the time change. Hate hate hate hate.