Daylight Saving Time possibly permanent 11/2023
We tend to think about daylight saving time as giving us more sunlight in the evening hours, which we think because it does.
As has been brought out very well in this discussion, the legal time change does nothing to alter the natural phases of daylight as we progress through the seasons. The only thing that changes by the setting of our clocks is that it changes the schedule of the community as a whole.
For example, you could ask your boss to let you clock in & out of your job an hour earlier and this would effectively give you
personally an extra hour of daylight simply because you finished your workday an hour earlier. The only thing the time change law does is put
everyone on the same schedule. This way everyone starts their day (including their businesses) an hour earlier.
The complaint that
most folks have with the time change is
the change itself. People are creatures of habit and most folks tend to struggle with their inner 'body clock' when the time change is made. If the time stayed the same (either Daylight or Standard time), people would simply adjust accordingly. I just happen to feel there are more options throughout the year by having everyone start their daily schedule an hour earlier each day. That's why I am in favor of having a permanent Daylight Saving Time. Having light earlier in the mornings is useless to me, because that time is devoted to my secular job.
I want more daylight for my personal time.