Not liking daylight savings time!

[HeatherC]

Well…Day One and I hate it already.. It is 5:15pm here in Massachusetts and pitch black. I should be ready for bed at like 7.. Anyone else not a fan?

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

you hate standard time

 

[tvguy]

Makes no difference to me. Worked odd hours for 40 years, got tired of going to bed at 7 pm when it was still light out. Dark at 5 pm is fine.

 

[holden]

I seriously hate this time of year. Soon it will be time to break out my special lamp! It really does help those days where it's dark in the morning and afternoon (December/Jan). I use it for 15 minutes in the morning.

 

[RamblingMad]

Don't have it here. I do like now that the east coast is 2 hours different.

 

[TwoMisfits]

you hate standard time

I do - I think we should stay on daylight savings 100% of the time...

 

[CdnCarrie]

I’m happy to have some light in the morning for a little bit.

 

[DoryGirl1963]

Don't like changing back & forth - takes my internal clock weeks to adjust each time - & would prefer staying on standard time - I prefer light in the morning especially for driving to work & kids at the bus stops.

 

[seshat0120]

I absolutely love that we're back on standard time. I spend daylight savings time with my sleep patterns completely out of whack. Interestingly, I read an article today saying that DST isn't healthy and that the best thing would be to permanently stay on standard. I can only hope that that will happen at some point.

 

[HeatherC]

you hate standard time

Oops! Yes! That is what I meant.

 

[dvcgirl67]

It's the worst....I hate it.

 

[DVCjj]

Well…Day One and I hate it already.. It is 5:15pm here in Massachusetts and pitch black. I should be ready for bed at like 7.. Anyone else not a fan?

That's STANDARD time you hate. I do too. Keep Daylight Savings ALL YEAR ROUND.

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

I would rather stay on permanent Daylight Saving Time. It sucks to get home and not be able to enjoy anything outdoors. Having a little daylight after work is great. Coming home in the dark is not so great.

 

[AnnaS]

I don't like this. Soon it will dark at 4:30

 

[sam_gordon]

Give me light in the evenings.

 

[bcla]

I had a weird issue with DST. I was on an overnight bus going home, and trying to sleep although the driver had to wake up passengers to call out stops. But at a certain point he just parked for an hour and explained that he needed to do that because he needed to stick to the schedule, which was based on the prevailing time.

I have heard of some interesting issues with trains. Amtrak generally waits at a station or at a siding when DST is over in order to maintain the schedule. For DST going into effect, apparently they try to make up the time as best they can, since they're typically slack built into most train schedules. I've been on a train where they literally slowed down to a crawl since they would otherwise be well ahead of schedule. It gets really weird in areas without daylight savings time.

For that bus, the procedure is likely to use up as much slack as possible and then to minimize waiting times. But they'll probably still be late relative to the timetable. However, arriving late is better than leaving early, which tends to strand passengers.

 

[Skippy918]

I hate that it’s dark at 6. Makes me feel like it’s later than it really is.

 

[Colleen27]

 

[tvguy]

Don't like changing back & forth - takes my internal clock weeks to adjust each time - & would prefer staying on standard time - I prefer light in the morning especially for driving to work & kids at the bus stops.

It will be interesting to see how things shake out here in California. They passed a law that went into effect in September that pushed back the start time of Junior High School and High School until 830 am so the kids can get more sleep. That of course also pushed back the dismissal time. So high school will get out at 3:45 pm instead of 3:15 pm and Junior High School will get out at 4:15 pm instead of 3:45 pm. A lot of after school activities will be after sunset.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I hate the abrupt changing and would be happiest if we settled halfway in between.