[ale] Stupid people and DST

[DJPfulio at jdpfu.com]

Different sides of each timezone in the US see DST either as good or bad.  We are near the most western side, so our views are different from the people in Maine, near the Atlantic Timezone.

It is what it is. If asked, I'd vote against it.

If you spend time in places that don't have any DST, you might notice that the sun is up at 4:15 am (especially when you are jet lagged). I remember being a little frustrated that 2+ hrs of daylight were being wasted in that country.

China would normally have 5 timezones, but they only have 1 by policy. UTC+8. It prevents confusion for when to meet.
  
I'm against DST, but I can understand why people seem to like it too.  A few places on the borders of time zones in the US don't observe DST. This can be to match the TZ of a large city in the other TZ or because a state/city is just stubborn.
  

On 3/14/22 15:16, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> As most functioning adults know, the annual stupidity action happened
> at 2am Sunday: yes, we changed the numbers on the clocks "so we could
> get more sunshine".
> 
> Begin Rant
> 
> Did anyone with access to writing in a national news medium ever
> actually take basic science? Did anyone with policy making
> responsibility actually pass a science class in their life?
> 
> I don't think so.
> 
> The time shift never made any sense. Now that there's a fair amount
> of evidence that is has a detrimental impact on human health maybe we
> should get rid of it. Yay! Great idea!
> 
> But to shift permanently to DST "to get more sunshine" is just dumb.
> 
> The east coast of USA (Unbelievably Stupid Authorities) is 5 time
> zones away from the UTC zone. Not 4.
> 
> Maybe we can get policy punks to take an astronomy class and learn
> about things like axial tilt being the reason the planet has seasons
> and that determines the length of time the sun is visible above the
> horizon.
> 
> And if they still want more sunshine, and moving them to the equator
> is not an option (current occupants will ship them back), maybe we
> can ship them to Mercury.
> 
> End Rant