Comments on: Time Changes

By: historytrivia

historytrivia — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:58:08 +0000

Daylight saving doesn’t affect me. I wake up whenever my brain tell me to wake up. I just think it weird that daylight saving happens during the winter time when it cold outside and everyone wants to sleep in longer. I wish there are more studys of how day light saving affects sleep pattern. That is important considering the fact that many drivers die because of falling asleep while driving. If science can prove that day light saving is bad for people health, would day light saving still exist?

By: Ino

Ino — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:05:36 +0000

Yes time do changes everywhere. Now the nights are longer and the daylight is shorter. But we are used to it because it is winter now. But there will be also a lot of changes in the world, at shool and other facilities because o the time. By the way nice article.

By: smith

smith — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:16:23 +0000

That’s a great point. By changing the dates haphazardly they have made things even more confusing than they already were.

By: PC

PC — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:59:03 +0000

@Cole
The railway system would benefit in the same way air travel would as I described.

@MeltingPrism
With my idea your school could still let you walk to class during daylight hours. Time becomes more fluid and less rigid. Your school could say that on November 5, day after election day, all classes will start one hour later. The industries that make use of daylight could make similar changes. The ones who do not could let it go.

By: MeltingPrism

MeltingPrism — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:55:02 +0000

I’ve also heard DST was used during the world wars and pilots. I can’t remember why, due to not taking a history class in years. Also as a college student, I’d like to state that being on a walking campus I’m thankful for DST. I don’t want to walk in the dark mornings, it’s nice having the change and it being actually daylight. Furthermore, I don’t see how it would be inefficient if factories and such use less light. I’d assume that would make it efficient and raise productivity.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:05:26 +0000

I think that DST is stupid and always have. I always thought it was for farmers too, but your argument kills that rather eloquently. I think we just need to stay with one time and leave it alone. Its a waste of time and just outdated, as you said, if it ever was in fashion for any legitimate reason.

By: Cole

Cole — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:07:42 +0000

Hmm. I do not really feel either way about DST. I was overseas for a while and they didn’t have it there but it doesn’t really affect me and it’s not hard to get used to anyway. I have heard that DST was originated with WWI ( I believe) and also because of the railway system.

By: aml

aml — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:16:39 +0000

I believe we should have daylight savings. I have had the personal experience of having to wait with my children in the dark. It is so much better after the time changes. I’m sure the original reasons for switching time may have less utility at this time but I personally enjoy the benefits to my children. Perhaps I won’t feel the same way once my children are grown.

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:07:41 +0000

I love this post. I really dislike daylight savings time, and I wish the time system was universal. Converting to GMT might be a very positive change!

By: Marie-Jeanne

Marie-Jeanne — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:45:10 +0000

I forgot to change my clock in my bedroom and I just got up at 5 am instead of 6!!!
I was wondering why I still felt tired. I found out later in the kitchen.

In Canada the Generation X,we were trained at school to say,
for example: ”14 hr” instead of ”2 pm”, like Europeen along with metric system.

When I work for babyboomers or USA businesses
then I need to adapt the way I say or write the time,
according to whom I am dealing with.

By: Nihar

Nihar — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:26:41 +0000

I always get confused with DST's Because in my country there is no day light saving Nihars last blog post..October 2008 Blog Traffic & Income statistics

By: PC

PC — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:33:21 +0000

@Greg
That’s a great point. By changing the dates haphazardly they have made things even more confusing than they already were.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:00:52 +0000

I totally agree with your GMT solution but then I would as I am in the UK:) The problem I have getting my head around is the fact that the US change their clocks a week later than Europe this time of year. UK and I think most of Europe changed their clocks on the night of 25th/26th October compared to the US changing this last weekend. Strangely I think both continents change their clocks on the same date in Spring. This must be a nightmare for global businesses, for example in the UK a business knows that their partner in California is 8 hours behind so may arrange a conference call for 4:30pm UK time, knowing the California partner starts work at 8am California time. This works well until the 1 week between time changes, the call is arranged at the same time but no one takes the call in California as it is only 7:30am over there and no one is there to take the call. Just my thoughts Gregs last blog post..I’m Bloody fuming

By: PC

PC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:41:45 +0000

@Bob Caine
Thanks for your comment. I heard that too, but again, school could change start and finish time based on the hours of daylight and not affect other people. One year of high school my school was being renovated and we had to start school at 6am to share with another school. With a 30 minute ride in that meant I was standing at the bus stop at 5:30. It was an awful winter.

@Rarst has cool feed
Yeah, it does create jobs for plenty of folks. The Y2K issue created many jobs for as long as years to test and retest different scenarios with all kinds of equipment. I happened to be working with the military at the time and they wasted tons of money on contractors to test hardware. I don’t think they came up with a single insurmountable failure, but it gave them jobs for at least a year.

By: Rarst has cool feed

Rarst has cool feed — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:41:09 +0000

Cool idea with global GMT. It's a pity it won't ever happen. Time change sucks but it's routine, very few people question it's meaning and I guess none of those who could change policy. Rarst has cool feeds last blog post..DrWeb LiveCD – free bootable antivirus

By: Bob Caine

Bob Caine — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:45:49 +0000

The other reason I had heard for daylight savings was for school kids. The idea was that they wouldn't have to wait for the bus in the dark. Whatever the reason, I agree that having everyone one the same time would eliminate confusion especially in Indiana where half the state is on one time and half on another. At least it was that way when I lived there. Bob Caines last blog post..More About Ants