overdoing_it OP t1_iseqbfj wrote on October 15, 2022 at 12:27 PM

Reply to comment by Azr431 in Really don't feel like ending daylight savings in 3 weeks by overdoing_it

I had to get on the bus in the dark when I was in school, at like 6:45am. It wasn't a big deal... it was light out by the time we arrived. It still would be with permanent daylight savings, but just early dawn.

Azr431 t1_isevfqs wrote on October 15, 2022 at 1:16 PM

So because you had to get to school in the dark makes it right? And what about the kids that walk or ride bikes?

I used to drive home from work in the dark, it wasn’t a big deal. See how your argument can easily be flipped?

overdoing_it OP t1_isf1dcw wrote on October 15, 2022 at 2:06 PM

I think very few kids in NH must be walking or riding bikes to school, especially in the winter which is the only time we're not on daylight savings time (Nov-Mar).

Maybe in some of the cities but those usually have street lights too.

Azr431 t1_isf2fnj wrote on October 15, 2022 at 2:14 PM

But you want it daylight saving time all year, so while it’s more pronounced in winter, it also affects fall and spring. It should be standard time all year.

overdoing_it OP t1_isfamgs wrote on October 15, 2022 at 3:16 PM

Standard time all year would have sunrise at like 3:30am in the summer and set at 8. We're over an hour ahead of Ohio and other western parts of the Eastern timezone for sunlight. So yes, DST all year or Atlantic time without daylight savings, it would be the same thing other than naming.

Azr431 t1_isflzdz wrote on October 15, 2022 at 4:39 PM

It would be 4:30 at it's earliest, and yes, that's early, but that's just how it is this far north. What you're also not considering is this doesn't just affect NH, it's everyone globally in each zone.

overdoing_it OP t1_isg6lfa wrote on October 15, 2022 at 7:03 PM

Civil twilight starts 4:30am in late June which is about the time people would say it's getting light out. Actual sunrise is 5am by which time it's fully bright.

But anyway if the compromise was no more daylight savings but standard time all year, I'd still take it to avoid the clock changes.

Quirky_Butterfly_946 t1_isfaaby wrote on October 15, 2022 at 3:14 PM

So if there is standard time all year you do realize that in the Spring you will have 4am sunrise, meaning as well the little birdies will be singing earlier which many people, not myself, do not enjoy.