slo’s MONDAY 3/9 poll - Daylight Saving Time

[Dan Murphy]

I like it. More daylight during the 'nice' months of the year. And daylight earlier in the day during those tough winter months. The time change does not negstuvely affect me at all. For me it's like flying one time zone east now or one time zone west in the fall.

 

[CynBeth]

I wish they leave the time alone!

Same here!

 

[amcnj]

The time changes never really bothered me. As a kid I liked the long summer days. Now it doesn’t really matter so much if I have more daylight during morning hours or during evening hours. I’ll make use of them either way. Overall I would rather they just pick one time method and leave it that way.

 

[Moliphino]

I would love DST all year. Light just feels so much more useful in the evening.

 

[WDW_fan_in_TX]

It doesn't bother me one way or the other. I actually like the longer time of daylight after work in the evenings. That said, I'm a little slow today. Guessing cause of the DST change.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

I absolutely hate it. I know it’s only an hour but I always feel extra tired around time change. Plus having to change a million clocks around the house twice a year, it’s annoying. They need to stop messing with the clocks!

 

[E&Cmom]

I had to work yesterday at 6AM so wasn’t a fan. It was nice seeing the light later when I left for home though.

It was just announced this past week that it is the last time our province will be changing times.

 

[wabbott]

Pick one or the other and stick with it. To me, it's just another way - besides taxes - for government to tell folks what to do.

 

[Kennywood]

 

[fla4fun]

I hate changing the clocks in either direction. I want them to just pick one and leave it alone. It takes me at least a week to get my body used to the change. I didn’t get to sleep until after three this morning . At least I am no longer working weekends . . .

I also have trouble with insufficient sleep during the summer, as I can’t get to sleep until it is dark outside and will wake up when the sun comes up. Being in Florida and closer to the Equator just makes it worse. This is unrelated to changing the clocks though. I much prefer the winter, when the nights are longer.

 

[leebee]

No biggie either way to me. I do have a couple of clocks that still need to be re-set

Yup. The "atomic clock" always takes its own sweet time about resetting, and then there's the clock that's way up there above the top of the bookcase. We usually wait until one of our 30-somethings is around to reset that. Neither DH nor I should be standing on chairs or stools to reach it!

 

[TwoMisfits]

I absolutely LOVE DST. If we could stay this way all year and never "go back", I'd be very happy.

 

[hhisc16]

I wish they would pick one and stick with it!

 

[leebee]

I absolutely LOVE DST. If we could stay this way all year and never "go back", I'd be very happy.

When I was in high school (so 1973? 74?) we stayed on DST all year. It was really challenging in the mornings, as it stayed dark in my area until around 8am. It was pretty dangerous with kids walking to school, waiting for buses, etc. I remember watching the sun rise during my first class of the day!

 

[Diznygrl]

I like it. I used to think that we should just stay at permanent DST, but upon reflection I think having both is really the best way of handling both times of the year. DST probably wouldn't work well for those cold, extra dark winter mornings, but I like it being still light outside at 8-9pm during the summer. My new opinion is we should just leave it as-is.

That being said, I'm the type who isn't really bothered by the loss/gain of an hour. It only takes me about a day to reorient myself. I do feel for people who have pets and young kids, though (my cats are not really on a super strict feeding schedule so it's not much of an issue for me).