Detailed Standard Time vs. Daylight Savings Time poll

[mvd]

As a night owl, I have trouble with going an hour forward. I’d rather stay at Standard Time even though it gets dark earlier.

What do you prefer?

59 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Stay at Standard Time
	26 (44%)
	Stay at Daylight Savings Time
	23 (39%)
	Switch between the two like we are doing now
	7 (12%)
	Switch between the two, but adjust how long Standard Time and Daylight Savings Time are
	1 (2%)
	A compromise where you stay at 30 minutes between the two times
	0 (0%)
	Let the states decide what to do
	1 (2%)
	Go to something different altogether
	0 (0%)
	Other
	1 (2%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[struggle4progress]

1. Let's switch back and forth every day to keep everyone happy!

[mvd]

2. I liked the other poll but wanted to see the..

results with more options.

[hlthe2b]

7. Yup and then make every state add about six more time zones

[struggle4progress]

8. But only on weekdays. Five new time zones would be enough on weekends

[Polybius]

3. As long as it's not Standard forever, I'm good with anything

It's not worth living anymore if my Summers get dark at a pathetic 7:30 PM.

[mvd]

4. Yes that made me close to voting to switch between the two

When I think summer, I do think long daylight.

[Polybius]

6. Yeah, people who voted Standard forever might not realize this

Call me selfish, but I don't care about kids going to school in the dark or people going to work in darkness. My Summer comes first.

[Mariana]

13. Where I live, kids go to school in the dark in winter anyway.

Driving to work in the dark isn't unusual either.

[Polybius]

16. Yeah, it's not a big deal at all

I drive home in the dark, and have driven to work in the dark as well when I had really early shifts.

[Trailrider1951]

5. I voted "Other", because

I really don't care which it is, just set the damn clocks and leave them the hell ALONE!

[everyonematters]

9. agree

[AnyFunctioningAdult]

10. Definitely Daylight Saving Time

I much prefer it to stay light later and not get woken up before I want to be by an early sunrise.

[smirkymonkey]

14. +1000

I am rarely up before the sun anyway, and I like it lighter in the evenings, so I'm all in for DST.

[Mariana]

18. Sunrise would be about 4:15am in June where I live on Standard Time.

Please, no.

Sunset in December is about 4:15pm, so I'd prefer to be on Daylight time then, too.

[Talitha]

11. Leave it at Standard, the way Nature intended.

'High noon' should be at noon.

[Celerity]

15. solar noon and clock noon are not the same thing, regardless of DST perm or Standard perm or switch

[Talitha]

17. Sheesh - you know what I meant.

[Celerity]

22. No, no I did not. I still do not. I also will leave it be, as I do not want to appear disputatious.

One thing in closing:

Bear in mind that I live vastly further north (Stockholm) than probably 99% of posters here, and not having DST in winter means at times it starts to get dark between 1 and 2 PM, plus, we are getting (as we in the EU switch to DST 2 weeks later than the US) sunrises starting before 5 am already now atm. Also, I do not even live in the northern half of Sweden, and it only gets worse the farther north you go here.

[Mariana]

19. Why, it's almost like clock time is a completely artificial construct

that has very little to do with "the way Nature intended". Imagine that.

[GP6971]

12. I prefer Standard

but I'll go with either one...just stop the changing of the clocks.

[Ohio Joe]

20. Other

I really don’t care… I might have back when all my clocks did not adjust themselves but now… meh

[Skittles]

21. whatever makes people stop WHINING

yes INDEED

[KentuckyWoman]

23. GMT minus

I don't care more light morning or evening. Considering our global business partners we need to get on board with GMT and stay there

[rampartc]

28. i agree.

and how about the metric system while we are at it.

[Easterncedar]

24. I remember 1974

So strange to me that the news stories don’t mention that permanent DST was tried and tossed out. It was very unpopular. Catching the school bus in the dark was interesting, but parents generally didn’t like it.

[rampartc]

27. how about adjusting school hours instead?

[Easterncedar]

29. Sure, that's an option

Lots of evidence kids are better with a later school day any way. But then the parents’ workday has to start later. Every solution has downsides, which folks can address as they go. I don’t have a strong opinion either way, just am surprised that the 1974 experiment has been lost to memory. We seem to waste so much time failing to learn from our experience.

[rampartc]

26. pick any time, i don't care which, and stick with it

why not use greenwich mean time for the entire country.

the state by state idea? a really bad one. i'm for eliminating states anyway.