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I wish we would pick a time and live with it like Hawaii and Arizona do...

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Georgia senators vote to end twice-yearly time changes

States have the power to forgo daylight saving time. Currently Hawaii and most of Arizona stay on standard time all year
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California voted to make daylight saving time permanent in 2018, and Washington did the same in 2019. But federal law would have to change for these measures to take effect.

Unlike those bills, Georgia's would place the state in standard time, and it would have an immediate impact.
 
Here's an idea, let's put it on the ballot for votes....I bet it would pass then (at 2am)
 
Guard Dad said:
I would prefer to stay on DST
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Two bills have been introduced this Congress that call for daylight saving time to become permanent. They are the Sunshine Protection Act (H.B. 69) and the Daylight Act (H.B. 214). Both have been referred to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, but they have stalled there.
 
I think a lot of people think this is great, but will be unhappy when it gets dark at 8:00 PM and gets light at 5:30 AM in July. The extra hour of light at 5:30 in the morning is pretty useless in the summer and losing an hour of light to be able to do stuff in the yard after work will hurt.

7 months of an extra hour of sunlight in the evening seems worth moving the clocks a single hour twice a year.

But maybe that's just me.

From Google
Daylight with DST---------------------------------------- Time without DST.
Apr 28 Sunrise: 6:53 AM Sunset: 8:20 PM --> Rise 5:53 AM Set 7:20 PM
Jul 28 Sunrise: 6:47 AM Sunset: 8:43 PM --> Rise 5:47 AM Set 7:43 PM
Sep 29 Sunrise: 7:31 AM Sunset: 7:27 PM --> Rise 6:31 AM Set 6:27 PM
Dec 28 Sunrise: 7:43 AM Sunset: 5:37 PM --> No change

Leaving us in DST in the Winter would make it tough on the kids. They would be getting to school with it still dark.

Dec 28 Sunrise: 7:43 AM Sunset 5:37 PM --> Sunrise at 8:43 AM Sunset: 6:37
 
The Sound Guy said:
I think a lot of people think this is great, but will be unhappy when it gets dark at 8:00 PM and gets light at 5:30 AM in July. The extra hour of light at 5:30 in the morning is pretty useless in the summer and losing an hour of light to be able to do stuff in the yard after work will hurt.

7 months of an extra hour of sunlight in the evening seems worth moving the clocks a single hour twice a year.

But maybe that's just me.

From Google
Daylight with DST---------------------------------------- Time without DST.
Apr 28 Sunrise: 6:53 AM Sunset: 8:20 PM --> Rise 5:53 AM Set 7:20 PM
Jul 28 Sunrise: 6:47 AM Sunset: 8:43 PM --> Rise 5:47 AM Set 7:43 PM
Sep 29 Sunrise: 7:31 AM Sunset: 7:27 PM --> Rise 6:31 AM Set 6:27 PM
Dec 28 Sunrise: 7:43 AM Sunset: 5:37 PM --> No change

Leaving us in DST in the Winter would make it tough on the kids. They would be getting to school with it still dark.

Dec 28 Sunrise: 7:43 AM Sunset 5:37 PM --> Sunrise at 8:43 AM Sunset: 6:37
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During the winter, I pass buses picking children up for school and it's dark. We are in Eastern Standard Time during the winter months.
 
How you feel about it probably depends on which side of the time zone you live in. We're on the west side in Atlanta, so the sun comes up and sets almost an hour later than Eastern Maine. This is why Metro Atlantans who are early birds or with kids to get off to school want to stay on standard time. In Maine the sun would come up at 4am in late June and early July. Nobody needs that.

Personally I'm good with changing it back and forth. I like the sun being up later in the day in the summer.
 
There is an American Indian saying that goes something like 'Only a white man can cut 12 inches off of his blanket, sew it to the other end and think he has a longer blanket!'. I say leave the time zones alone and each person should adjust their life style accordingly,,, if they can. In today's society most companies would gladly agree to flex hours, so you could start your work day at 7am and get off at 3pm if you wanted, but that's just me.
 
Paxilpapa said:
There is an American Indian saying that goes something like 'Only a white man can cut 12 inches off of his blanket, sew it to the other end and think he has a longer blanket!'. I say leave the time zones alone and each person should adjust their life style accordingly,,, if they can. In today's society most companies would gladly agree to flex hours, so you could start your work day at 7am and get off at 3pm if you wanted, but that's just me.
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Depends a lot on the time zones you work with. I used to have a major customer in California. If I left at 3:30, that's just after lunch for them.
 
I'm spending this week trying to get up at 10am so that I'm able to get up at my normal time next week. Dang, I'm so tired, I think I'll take a nap.
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