Daylight Saving Time Ends 11/3
Calico696 
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Josh 
Bobbob People keep saying that, but aren't modern, up to code smoke detectors equipped with 10 year batteries? You shouldn't be changing them before that.
Reggie Voter Yes but it still is bad advice to give out, generally. Sounds good but needs clarification.
Jules Actually, it is a reminder to change your clocks, at least the few that don't change automatically.
ru My niece lives in Surprise, AZ. They DON'T do DST. A few places don't. Plays hell with their tv schedules lol
Clyde Potts My stupid stove doesn't know how to change its own clock, but my smart TV does... that's why I like it better.
We have to do the cars, my wristwatch, the stove, the microwave, the programmable thermostat and the water filtration equipment. Everything isn't automatic. LOL
How about that flip phone of yours? Does its clock have hands on it that you have to physically dial back? (-;
"Can anyone give a legitimate reason we still do this?
I can't find one."
If we didn't, sunrise at the summer solstice would be at 4:30 in the morning. As a man with a 5-year old son who gets up at the crack of dawn every morning, that's reason enough for me (-;
LOL! My flip phone is automatic. My watch is an eco drive, so I don't have to wind it. I do have to manually change the date when necessary. I don't have to go through 24 hours to do it though. I just pull the pin one click out instead of two and that changes the date.
I just finally reprogrammed the lights on the driveway to come on earlier and now I guess I have to do it again tomorrow.....
Blackcat Ben Franklin was joking when he suggested Daylight Saving Time
https://www.phillyvoice.com/ben-franklin-was-joking-when-he-suggested-daylight-saving-time/
70% of Americans want to end changing our clocks.
What say yea Hackettowners (and those who honor our website with their presence but not our towns with their corporal beings).
strangerdanger 
Eperot I could be wrong, but don’t farmers still benefit from DST?
For that reason, I am for it.
Spring fever I would rather dodge deer in the PM darkness when I am wide awake driving home at 5p than in the AM darkness before we go to DST- at 6:30a half asleep.
And- let’s not forget- they already pushed it back one week into November and pulled it forward 2 weeks in March- so we really have 3 weeks less of DSTthan we used to.
The Rhyme Animal 
Roywhite I work in construction and daylight savings time helps especially in the early hrs when we can be seen working on the roads we like to see our familys.
Harold "And- let’s not forget- they already pushed it back one week into November and pulled it forward 2 weeks in March- so we really have 3 weeks less of DSTthan we used to."
LOVED it when that happened!
Just take the middle road, permanently adjust by 30 minutes ahead now. I understand the need for more light now, but in Spring we pay with sleep-deprived drivers...
iJay This is a conversation twice a year.
I agree we should split this down the middle and call it quits.
Let us band together and get this going. Where do we start with this?
Bernie "I understand the need for more light now, but in Spring we pay with sleep-deprived drivers..."
I really don't get why one hour affects people so much.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/mar/13/with-bipartisan-support-in-congress-for-permanent-/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
I would love to stay with one or the other without 2x a year changes.. but I like standard time as I'm a morning person.
hktownie I'm all for no time change. But I prefer more daylight in the evening hours, so I'd vote for DST.
I doubt anything will come of it tho...
"Proposals to stay on standard time or move to full-time DST appear on the US legislative agenda nearly every clock change. Since 2015, more than 200 bills and resolutions related to Daylight Saving Time have been introduced, covering almost every state across the US, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Recently, several states have proposing or passed bills in favor of permanent DST. However, they need congressional approval to abolish the time change. For this to happen, Congress first has to pass a federal law allowing states to observe DST year-round, because today's law, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, only allows states to opt out of DST."
Standard time is closest to the correct time, traditionally defined as where Noon is when the sun is at the midpoint in the sky ("High Noon"), and Midnight is, as it says, the midpoint between sunset and sunrise.
It would be kind of weird to have DST year-around, because DST is, in effect, an attempt to fool everyone into thinking that it is, at any given time, an hour later than it really is. So for example, having people start work at 7 AM instead of of 8 AM. If people really prefer to have more daylight in the evening hours, than society as a whole is free to keep standard time (the correct time) and decide to have companies start the day at 7 AM instead of 8 AM, for example.
jd2 Simple proposal that will easily push through Congress and signed into law:
Hit the middle...split it in half (make a 1, permanent clock move of 30 minutes) having NO ONE can argue (serving both sides) moot to contest.
Back and forth an hour, every year....since 1966, like nothing in technology and times have changed.
Even so, [yes I agree saving daylight is good], but like everything in this world, that's not so one-sided, unanimously agreed.
So 30 minutes is the best bipartisan, compromised agreement these lawmakers can do
aol123@aol.com 
GrascalYes it would matter in the fact it would then become fixed. Those that want one or the other compromise and no more changing the clocks. We could all settle on one time.
The Eastern Time Zone extends as far west as Detroit. What we think is good for us probably isn't good for them. More locally, do we want to be 30 minutes disconnected from NY and PA should they not decide to join us?
Personally, I think its more hassle than it's worth. This is one of the rare occasions where I'm in support of the status quo. My 7 year old son gets up at the crack of dawn every day... I would much prefer that to be 5:30 in late June, rather than 5:00, lol.
Working remote, as we become more global, DST is just another complication added to the time zone differences. I am for removing it.
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