sad0panda t1_jdxk30w wrote on March 27, 2023 at 10:39 PM

Reply to comment by cdmoomaw in Greenland turns clocks forward for last,should Massachusetts/eastern US do the same by Hoosac_Love

Thank you. I've grown really tired of people saying New England should be on AST or permanent DST. When we are on standard time we are right where we are supposed to be, in terms of solar time.

Yes, this means ~4:30am sunrises and ~7:30pm sunsets in the summer. 👍

freakydeku t1_jdza3pb wrote on March 28, 2023 at 8:02 AM

but most of us get no daylight during the winter since people generally don’t wake up at 4am.

Current-Photo2857 t1_je1a4a4 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:11 PM

You wouldn’t get daylight in the winter waking up at 4am anyway? In standard time, winter sunrise is around 7am or later (which is when PLENTY of people are waking up/heading to school or work)…if we were in DST in the winter, sunrises would be as late as almost 8:30 for some areas, and most people need to be awake and at work before then.

sad0panda t1_je24x8o wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:22 PM

I said summer, not winter. There is no such thing as a 4:30 sunrise in winter. Except in Australia maybe, but they call it summer too last I checked.

snozzcumbersoup t1_je099qd wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:15 PM

We're already on DST for 8 months out of the year. I don't hear anyone complaining about it. Why would we switch to ST? Most people are not up at 4:30am, but are up well past 7:30pm.

sad0panda t1_je1pucn wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:48 PM

Standard time means the sun is directly above you at noon (or, roughly close to it). DST is the "switch". Until 2007, DST was 4 weeks shorter.

Personally I'm actually OK with the time change. Once you get to a certain point in summer, yeah, 4:30 sunrise doesn't really make sense. But it should happen in April and October, not March and November. This 6:30 sunrise is killing me, we were just making progress when the DST switch hit.