Daylight savings time gripe.

[donleyk]

Anyone want to chime in about daylight savings time? The occupants at my house are very, very afraid. Momma doesn't like DST. I hate, hate, hate losing that hour and now, it's 3 weeks earlier.

I wouldn't care quite so much but I can't buy into that it helps conserve energy. Especially since I am an early riser.

[funniegrrl]

I love DST, I love having the daylight after work. I'm thrilled that it's starting earlier and ending later in the year. Sorry! :)

[Farhana]

I love DST and very happy for starting earlier, an extra hour to spend outside:).

[raka1214]

Oh, I hate it for the first week or two but then get to rolling along and loving it - especially the extra time I get to spend outdoors in the daylight.

[donleyk]

See, this is lost on me. If it's going to be 7 o'clock instead of 6 o'clock how is that going to get you more sun in the evening? I will have to pay a lot more attention what time the sun is setting.

Okay editing to add I must really be confused since so many of you enjoy this!!!

[grammadee]

I don't care for DST at all. I like my daylight in
the morning, not at night.
db

[Angelina]

I love it too! The earlier the better! It will be such a thrill when the train comes out from the underground and see the sun on the way home. :)

Angela

[LaraW]

I don't like DST as much either. I think it is hard to get the kids to go to bed when its still light out (they go to bed ~7:00 pm).

I like my dark, cozy evenings :)

[Angelina]

See, this is lost on me. If it's going to be 7 o'clock instead of 6 o'clock how is that going to get you more sun in the evening? I will have to pay a lot more attention what time the sun is setting.

Okay editing to add I must really be confused since so many of you enjoy this!!!

Because the clock will say 7, but the sun still says 6. :)

Angela

[leebee]

And it's going to continue to get lighter earlier & earlier. I was up at 5 this morning, and the sky was just starting to brighten. A couple of months ago and it was that dark as we were pulling out of the driveway on the way to work two hours later. So, we get the bonus of a little extra light at the end of the day now, and the days will continue to get longer anyway.

[lindrusso]

See, this is lost on me. If it's going to be 7 o'clock instead of 6 o'clock how is that going to get you more sun in the evening?

If the sun normally sets at, say, 5:30 before DST, it will now set at 6:30 - therefore an extra hour of daylight in the evening. I'm definitely among those who would use the daylight much more during the evening hours than in the morning - who cares if it's light out at 5:30 AM? I do like it to be light out at the time the kiddos hit the bus stop though, but I think it will be............

I really like the extra daylight in the evening hours. It's not easy to walk the dog around here after dark - country roads, not much light, no sidewalks, etc. - so any extra light at the end of the day to get that done is great. And not just for dog walking - gardening and lawn work too. And when it gets warmer, I love sitting outside before, during and after dinner. :) I also like not having to drive in the dark for all the kids' evening activities........

In the end, it's only an hour - only hard the first morning, really. No biggie.

[erinlovesmarc]

I got this email from our IT guy...

Most of you have already heard about the DST (Daylight Savings Time) changes. It has been extended starting in 2007. DST will start three weeks earlier on March 11, 2007, and end one week later on November 4, 2007, resulting in a new DST period that is four weeks longer than previously observed. The change in DST impacts many products that rely on automatic date and time settings. Some of the products affected include:

--Home electronics, such as VCRs, DVRs, clocks, telephones, PDAs.
--Computer software calendar and scheduling applications (Outlook, Exchange, or third party calendars):
--If you use your personal computer to manage a calendar, your meetings may be off by one hour during the extended DST weeks.
--If you live in the U.S. or Canada, you will need to adjust the devices on your computer. Please note that some areas of the United States are not using Daylight Saving Time include, Arizona, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa.

It is also very important that the proper updates are applied to all company computers. You can use this Microsoft DST help and support center link to help you determine what updates are needed to be downloaded and installed on your company computer.

Below are the links that we have select from Microsoft DST Help & Support Center for those of you working with clients on this issue and need to have more information:

Preparing for Daylight Saving Time changes in 2007.
Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center for IT professionals.
List of products affected by daylight saving time.
Determining the impact of Daylight Saving Time 2007 on your home computer.

The information provided in this e-mail is only applicable to Microsoft Operating Systems and Applications. If you are running others “none” Microsoft desktop or server applications that are affected by this issue, please contact the product vendor.

[cumulus]

My work schedule is based on UTC, so technically, I'm not affected by the change at all :)

Otherwise, I've never been a fan- I'm an early riser, and LOVE standard time!

[sarah2397]

I am happy about the extended DST. I am an early riser but will appreciate the extra daylight after work. By doing the DST switch this early, I am still used to it being dark when I get up but get to have more daylight later. I also love working up to the summer solstice when we get daylight here in the Boston area until after 8:30.

[Canice]

...
Okay editing to add I must really be confused since so many of you enjoy this!!!

You're not confused: If you don't like it -regardless of how many people do- you don't like it.

I don't care one way or the other; I dislike long days and I dislike summer (though I'm loving our gorgeous spring) so I'm just resigned. Unfortunately, DBF hates it, so I'll have to listen to him complain a bit before he forgets about it. ;)

BTW, don't forget those governmental types like to reminds us it's "daylight saving" not "savings".

[Robyn1007]

I like it. As it stands now I am lucky to make it home before dark and once the time changes I'll be able to start getting out on my bike or running. It's way too dark in my area to do that without DST.

The only part I don't like is that I loose some of the light I get driving to the mountains for coaching (I hate driving at night, bad eyes) but there will only be 2 more weeks of that after the change.

[Phoenixcooking]

I live in AZ and we don't do the whole DST thing here so there will be no changing of the clocks. Having said that Mother Nature takes care of DST all on her own it is already getting light a bit earlier everyday, I was bright out by about 6:45 this morning I am not sure what the official sunrise was but I like the brighter mornings and the sun does not set until after 6 in the evenings. I live by the philosophy that time does not really exist since it is an order imposed by man. I where a watch, I never get jet lag and find that day is day and night is night no matter what time the clock says.

[Arete]

Funny story... My co-worker asked if I was looking forward to the time change "now that they voted to move the solstice." I explained that they moved DST, not the solstice, and it is the equinox in the spring anyway. And that both the solstice and equinox were pretty much out of the control of government (even the US government!) He said "Oh, I always thought that solstice was just another name for Daylight Saving Time."

I am looking forward to the change since I then feel like I have more time in the evenings. Although I do agree with Phoenixcooking that to a certain extent it doesn't matter since I COULD just get up earlier and go to work earlier anytime of the year (I have flex time at work).

[donleyk]

Because the clock will say 7, but the sun still says 6. :)

Angela

:D As soon as I said this outloud I got it. But thanks!

[PAMMELA]

Another vote in the I LOVE DST camp!

[sneezles]

I like it because although I'm not a big fan of the Texas summer I do enjoy sitting out in the early evening, having cookouts, and I am really just a big fan of daylight! I find the short winter days very depressing. I love the fact we're getting an additional month!

[vbak]

I am thrilled that DST is starting earlier and ending later!:) Sorry.

[Kristal]

I am thrilled that DST is starting earlier and ending later!:) Sorry.

Me, too. Love it!

[Autumnsun]

who cares if it's light out at 5:30 AM?

My husband who is driving to work at 4:50 a.m.:D (Long commute)

Another vote for loving it.

[HRJ]

I am so thrilled that DST is starting 3 weeks early!!! I have a visual disability that prevents me from driving after dark, so for me, the extra daylight in the evening makes a significant difference in my quality of life.

Also,those who live on the easternmost edges of their time zones have to deal with much earlier sunsets than those who live farther west in the same zone. I have a friend who used to live in Cincinnati, and we'd be talking on the phone on late afternoons during the winter, and it would get dark on my end in Boston almost a full hour before it would get dark on her end.

Helene

[tamawrite]

Personally, I'm am beyond thrilled for the extra three weeks of long evenings! It's much easier to train horses by daylight than by overhead halogens, so I'll take every extra minute of after-work sunshine I can get! :D :D :D

It's "Daylight Wasting Time" that upsets me when it hits every fall! :mad:

[generic]

Funny story... My co-worker asked if I was looking forward to the time change "now that they voted to move the solstice." I explained that they moved DST, not the solstice, and it is the equinox in the spring anyway. And that both the solstice and equinox were pretty much out of the control of government (even the US government!) He said "Oh, I always thought that solstice was just another name for Daylight Saving Time."

This is very funny! (But also a little sad that someone could be so out of touch with the basics of the rhythm of nature.)

I have always been big lover of DST. Early mornings are not productive times (no businesses open so can't do errands or make phone calls), so I might as well sleep.
What I want to know is, if I'm "saving" all that daylight in summer, how come I can't have it back in winter, when I really need it!?;) I WANT IT BACK! :D

[testkitchen45]

In the end, it's only an hour - only hard the first morning, really. No biggie.

Lucky you! :D :D I hate the first week after the time change. Monday & Tuesday aren't so bad, but by Wednesday it really hits me--and especially the children--that their body clocks are out of sync with their time clocks. Wednesday-Thursday is a tough time with the kids with every time change.

But once it's past, I agree with you that when you live in a hot climate especially, it's nice to have more daylight hours in the evening for doing yard work & outdoor activities.

Although I wish we could flip a switch at the kids' bedtimes, to make it dark just for them! ;)

[Robyn1007]

Although I wish we could flip a switch at the kids' bedtimes, to make it dark just for them! ;)

That's why living in Alaska every bedroom I ever saw had major blackout blinds. Frequently very ugly but they kept the light out. :p Sometimes it was nearly midnight before it was totally dark.

[misskitty100]

I cant wait for DST....lighter at night instead of getting dark at 4:30 or 5:00 PM!

The biggest reason I am excited though is because DD is waking up sometime between 4AM & 5AM and after Saturday night she may just sleep in until 5AM or even 6AM!!!:D

[stacy7272]

I enjoy DST but my only issue with the different dates is that we're not going back to standard time until after Halloween. That means we have to wait longer to go out trick or treating and with young kids that just stinks!

[LakeMartinGal]

Also,those who live on the easternmost edges of their time zones have to deal with much earlier sunsets than those who live farther west in the same zone. I have a friend who used to live in Cincinnati, and we'd be talking on the phone on late afternoons during the winter, and it would get dark on my end in Boston almost a full hour before it would get dark on her end.

HeleneAmen to this! We live within 1/2 hour of the Eastern edge of the central time zone, and it's dark at 4:30 in the winter!:eek: Now, during the summer, we'll have until 8:30 to enjoy the outdoors! The only thing I don't like about it is that, if daylight equals working time, I'll have to work later! And still go to bed at the normal time! :rolleyes:

I enjoy DST but my only issue with the different dates is that we're not going back to standard time until after Halloween. That means we have to wait longer to go out trick or treating and with young kids that just stinks!I always thought it would be better for Halloween, to have it lighter. Much safer for the kids!

[Jalapeno]

I like my dark, cozy evenings :)

I'm with you on this one!

[mgs]

Used to love it. Especially when I worked long days. Now I hate it as DS has a much harder time falling asleep at 7 with the sun still shinning brightly. His windows have darkening shades AND black out curtains to convince him it is bedtime.

My sanity/life starts when he is asleep. I prefer 7 vs 8. :p

Meg

[stacy7272]

I always thought it would be better for Halloween, to have it lighter. Much safer for the kids!
I'm interested to see what will happen this year because around here people go trick or treating when it is dark. Period. No daytime trick or treating at all. BUT - since it always is dark by 6:00 or 6:30 PM at Halloween, waiting until it was dark isn't a real issue. I'm curious to see if people will be trick or treating at 6:30 or if they'll wait the extra hour for dark this year?

[blazedog]

Used to love it. Especially when I worked long days. Now I hate it as DS has a much harder time falling asleep at 7 with the sun still shinning brightly. His windows have darkening shades AND black out curtains to convince him it is bedtime.

My sanity/life starts when he is asleep. I prefer 7 vs 8. :p

Meg

I love the memory of my mother reading me this poem from Child's Garden of Verses :)

Bed in Summer

In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.

I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people's feet
Still going past me in the street.

And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?

[PAMMELA]

I'm curious to see if people will be trick or treating at 6:30 or if they'll wait the extra hour for dark this year?


I think they will still go at the same time, regardless if it's dark yet.

[mgs]

I love the memory of my mother reading me this poem from Child's Garden of Verses :)

Bed in Summer

In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.

I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people's feet
Still going past me in the street.

And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?

I love that! Thanks for sharing. And oh so true. I used to have to go to bed at 7 until I was about 8!! then I was allowed to stay up till 8pm till high school. then bedtime was 9!!

Even now I like to be in bed by 10 and sometimes I am watching tv in bed in the summer and the sun is just setting....:eek: :o

Meg

[Veronica]

I'm indifferent to the time change. My husband prefers DST, so I'll get in his camp with one caveat: no more falling back and springing forward. Stick to one time year-round.

This year's DST change affected my Outlook for February, I think March, and October. I was checking birthdays, and they spanned 2 days! Fortunately, my computer-savvy husband downloaded a patch, and all was well. Still, I have to wonder if any other computer systems will be affected. This feels a little like Y2K -- without the warning.

[LakeMartinGal]

I love the memory of my mother reading me this poem from Child's Garden of Verses :) I had that book! Was yours blue, with a blue and yellow picture on the front?

[Robyn1007]

I had that book! Was yours blue, with a blue and yellow picture on the front?

I had (possibly have) it as well. Mine was just a plain cloth covering, no picture on mine.

[jmarie]

Hunters love the fact that DST is going to run longer.

I like it because it gives me more Daylight Time to walk outdoors. We live out in the county where there are no-leash laws and I like to be able to see what is coming at me or what is out there.

[Kay Henderson]

I'm delighted. Before most of the US went with a consistent time, DST started in California on the first Sunday in March, so this is the (near) return of what we had for many years.

Kay

[Canice]

Did anyone hear this piece today on NPR? The Reasoning Behind Changing Daylight-Saving (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7779869). I thought it was very interesting. And yow - dark until 8:30 AM in November now?
Anyhow, I thought it was very interesting about the first and most persistent advocate of DST being the Chamber of Commerce. Not that I care if commerce benefits from it, but some interesting perspectives on who benefits and what the impact on energy consumption is.

[donleyk]

Thanks for posting that link. Very interesting. Nice to know the reason behind the insanity :D You wouldn't believe the urban legends I've heard about for the reason why :rolleyes:

I am actually looking forward to more daylight in the evenings, just stay away from me for the first few hours of the morning tho! ;)

Oh, and just in case you think I'm exagerating, DH has incorporated the fact that he is willing traveling all of next week so he doesn't have to be home for it in his presentations to his clients :o :D

[pointerhaven]

I LOVE DST! I can work in the yard longer, or sit by the pool longer or sit with the dogs in the yard longer....I just love it. It would be ok by me if we had it All year.

[lindrusso]

And yow - dark until 8:30 AM in November now?

Oh, that doesn't sound good! :eek: It's soooo hard to get up in the mornings when it's dark..........

So, I like it now, but ask me again in November....... ;)

[Blissful_in_TX]

That's why living in Alaska every bedroom I ever saw had major blackout blinds.

Oh that reminds me, when DS was a baby he was a problem sleeper, so I tried hard to keep every bit of light out. And since I was too cheap to get a blackout screen, I thought I would just use foil on the window. But to avoid being seriously tacky, I put it between the blinds and closed curtains so you couldn’t see it at all. Well stupid me, I didn’t think about the fact that the hot El Paso sun would be shining right on that window…..it melted the blinds! :eek: :o

[Jezebelly]

LOLOLOL!

I'm have a more well formed gripe on Monday, I'm sure.

[Jezebelly]

Oh that reminds me, when DS was a baby he was a problem sleeper, so I tried hard to keep every bit of light out. And since I was too cheap to get a blackout screen, I thought I would just use foil on the window. But to avoid being seriously tacky, I put it between the blinds and closed curtains so you couldn’t see it at all. Well stupid me, I didn’t think about the fact that the hot El Paso sun would be shining right on that window…..it melted the blinds! :eek: :o

OMG, ilu!

In my first apartment, (ground floor,) I tried killing a large spider on my bathroom floor with hairspray. He definitely didn't like being sprayed with Aqua-net, but it didn't kill him, it just slightly slowed his intent to kill me.

So, in a moment of unabashed BRILLIANCE, I thought - Hey! Hairspray is flammable. So I flicked my Bic to give him a quick torching, not realizing that flammable hairspray was also all over my bathroom rug as well.

Imagine my surprise. LOL!

Anyway, the spider died in my flaming rug incident. Tragic.