The Mrs. mentioned that last night and I thought she was wrong. Way too early in the year for DST, said I. I’m sure I’ll be reminded of that for the next 40 years.
When I was younger, my friends were trying to convince me that the transition from DST to regular time made sense - less fuel consumed in 19th century London or some such bull. I wasn’t buying it then and I don’t buy it now.
Like most laws, some busybody in the government thought, hmm, how can we make the peasants dance a bit more for our amusement? Change your clocks, peasants! And feed us some more of that delicious tax slop.
I agree. Leave things at DST all year. Or best yet, sync up all clocks globally and just run on UST. Then there isn’t any f’ing around trying to figure out what shows are on or when markets are open.
The thing I like about DST is that it makes sunrise time more-consistent throughout the year. I was in Tokyo in June a couple years back and sunrise happened at 4:25am. (Japan abandoned DST after the american military withdrew from the country). Without DST, being hungover is even-more unpleasant.
I really barely notice DST besides the confusing fact that the time on my phone doesn’t match anything in my kitchen. Seriously, stove and microwave, get with the program. Or lets just do away with DST. Doesn’t seem to serve much of a purpose anymore.
True story - DST was extended in the fall thanks to…the candy lobby. Yep, candy has its own lobbyists, and they wanted DST extended to include Halloween to allow more daylight for trick-or-treating, and, hence, more candy changing hands.