Daylight Saving Time always?

Like a speeding freight train, it’s easy to hear, see and feel it coming and passing.


We’re about to . . . fall back. And that’s much to the chagrin of a loud legion of foes.



At 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, Daylight Saving Time comes to a crashing end for most Americans (and some others). It’s said that “we gain an hour.” Nonetheless, so very many people are vociferous adversaries of this change. They want to stop this biannual switch of our timepieces.


And DST seems to be favored over year-long Standard Time.


I’m not going to argue for or against this proposal. 🙊 But I’d like you to take a look at some, uh, timely information, before you decide.


Consider this news report about making DST permanent:

In March, the Senate unanimously voted to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make Daylight Saving Time permanent. If the bill passes the House, where it’s currently “held at desk,” as there’s a similar legislation under consideration—and is signed into law by president Joe Biden, once the clocks change in March, they won’t change back. Permanent DST would take effect on Nov. 5, 2023. – from qz.com


The website also maintains that a survey showed 59 percent of Americans want DST to be permanent.


But do you REALLY want Daylight Saving Time all year long? Have you thought it through?


Really?


Well, all right. Just be prepared.


Under year-round DST, waking up early and getting ready for work could be more difficult. Considerably.


But there will be more light heading toward evening for the drive home.


From vox.com.


Here are some sunrise and sunset times in Daylight Saving Time for certain cities; Jan. 7 reflects what normally is the date of the latest sunrise of the year. Nov. 23 is Thanksgiving Day in 2023. Oh, then there’s Valentine’s Day. For you lovers, of course!


Data was collected from the website timeanddate.com, one of my longtime trusted sources. If I have not listed your city below, you can visit this website and determine it for yourself.


All times are Daylight Saving Time:


Pittsburgh


Date Sunrise Sunset

Jan. 7         8:43 a.m. 6:09 p.m. 


Nov. 23         8:15 a.m. 5:57 p.m.

Feb. 14         8:14 a.m. 6:53 p.m.


Philadelphia


Date Sunrise Sunset

Jan. 7         8:22 a.m. 5:51 p.m.


Nov. 23         7:54 a.m. 5:39 p.m.

Feb. 14         7:54 a.m. 6:35 p.m. 


Cincinnati


Date Sunrise Sunset

Jan. 7         8:57 a.m. 6:31 p.m.


Nov. 23         8:29 a.m. 6:18 p.m.

Feb. 14         8:30 a.m. 7:13 p.m.


Detroit


Date Sunrise Sunset

Jan. 7         9:01 a.m. 6:15 p.m.


Nov. 23         8:32 a.m. 6:04 p.m.

Feb. 14         8:30 a.m. 7:03 p.m.



Chicago


Date Sunrise Sunset

Jan. 7         8:18 a.m. 5:35 p.m.


Nov. 23         7:49 a.m. 5:23 p.m.

Feb. 14         7:47 a.m. 6:22 p.m. 


Palm Harbor, Fla.

(my home after 2019)


Date Sunrise Sunset

Jan. 7         8:23 a.m.    6:50 p.m.


Nov. 23         7:58 a.m. 6:35 p.m.

Feb. 14         8:09 a.m. 7:21 p.m.


Sun aficionados would have a longer wait in, say, Bismarck, in North Dakota: Sunrise on Jan. 7 would be . . . 9:27 a.m.! 😧


Would you enjoy the dark days of January being even darker, with no sunlight until nearly or after 9 a.m.? Would more sunlight in late afternoon or early evening make a positive difference?


Think about it. Please.


Time will tell.

Comments

  1. philNovember 3, 2022 at 7:36 PM

    It would make taking photographs of the morning planets easier... (just a thought)

    ReplyDelete

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