Welcome to Standard Time. I’m of two time zones: In Arizona there is no change and in Michigan we do the EST/EDT thing. And I have to wonder: does this make any sense?
I ask that knowing full well how Daylight Savings Time was intended to assist the farmers in getting their work done during the long summer season. Kids were available and could be worked long and hard. But, first of all, what kid today isn't available to work sun up to sun down in the summertime? (Short answer: Darn few, regardless of the length of daylight.) Second, where does that extra hour of daylight come from, anyway? On my planet, earth, sun goes up and down with the rotation of the earth. The orientation of the axis may change a bit but the RPMs remain constant. In other words, 24 hours in a day, sliced anyway you like. Stack 'em, lay 'em out, toss 'em in a pile; set 'em in the sun, put 'em in the shade, keep 'em in the dark: Count again-- 24.
So maybe we should all just agree to keep the clock on one schedule and skip the whole early or late to work, church, the airport, breakfast meeting or where ever it is we're scheduled to be next time, which will be-- I'll remind you now-- when we lose an hour.
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