Need another petition to move Indiana from Eastern to Central time zone.
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Need another petition to move Indiana from Eastern to Central time zone.
Need another petition to move Indiana from Eastern to Central time zone.
Actually, the contrary is true. The closer you are to the equator, the more value DST has. This is because there's less daylight hours to work with in the summer on the equator than locations farther away.
Why does Alaska have DST? There's no need from a daylight perspective. Now if they could save that daylight for winter...
Well, when the sun comes up at 6am and sets at 6am there's no need either.Nope, you've got it completely backwards. When the sun comes up at 6am in December and in June, there is no reason to adjust your clock, other than the fact that its handy to be on the same schedule as the rest of the world.
Or just get up earlier. Seems to work for livestock.This is funny, and I smile when I read it, and it completely makes the point FOR DST. Blankets should be moved down when our feet feet get cold! If you are too stubborn to adjust a clock when the seasons change OR a blanket when you are cold, I just don't know what to say.
Every six months we have this same exact thread. Isn't it about time that Hoosiers either got over it, or started campaigning on a national level to eliminate DST altogether? Stop blaming Mitch for aligning our clocks with the rest of the country.
Prior to changing to DST, Indiana businesses have lost an incalculable number of hours of productive time and revenue with out-of-state businesses, simply because the time quirks are just too confusing to keep track.
I just want to add that this was true when I posted it two years ago and it still remains true today:
It has always seemed ridiculous to me.
Why do we even bother to switch back during the winter any more?
I'm with Ron Propeil on this one... Set it and forget it.
...Every six months we have this same exact thread. Isn't it about time that Hoosiers either got over it, or started campaigning on a national level to eliminate DST altogether? Stop blaming Mitch for aligning our clocks with the rest of the country.
I rant every year, here's one from the spring of 2009:
Prior to changing to DST, Indiana businesses have lost an incalculable number of hours of productive time and revenue with out-of-state businesses, simply because the time quirks are just too confusing to keep track.
Incalculable = unproveable?
And they are not confused by going West from St Joe County into Laporte/Lake County and being an hour behind and then North into Michigan and being an hour ahead?
The difference is that it's always the same hour. It's not two hours ahead for six months and then one hour ahead the other six months. Part of my job involves setting up technical conferences with parties all over the country, and I can (anecdotally) tell you that having everyone change their clocks but Indiana almost always created confusion. Now, I can't assign a dollar value to that, but I was happy to see Indiana finally start following the same DST rules that everyone else was following. As I said before, it should be everyone or no one, but half and half doesn't work.
Simply put, DST is good for business.
I'd argue that "consistent time zones" is good for business rather than simply "DST". The concept of DST is as nutty as a rubber sack full of wet mice...
Exactly.
And what could be more consistent than one time - everywhere? Simplicity!
First, we ditch the widespread folly of DST clock fiddling, then... we phase out time zones altogether.
If everyone just enjoys changing their schedules twice a year, I'm fine with that. No need for all the associated shenanigans if that's all folks really want to do.
Until I saw your post, I'm the only one I've ever known that thought one world time is the best solution. I work with people in China and India on a regular basis, and this time shifting fiasco only adds to the confusion.
It's already been proposed. It's called "Swatch Internet Time".
Swatch Internet Time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Perfect, works for me...
Now to get everyone on the planet to agree to it simultaneously...
Now to get everyone on the planet to agree to it simultaneously...
Perhaps an Executive Order would be the answer.I think it would work better if we just do it and then send them a memo on Monday.