DST-What happened to dumping the time change?

If you actually think anything that comes out of Trump's blowhole is worth listening to, I have some Trump mobile phones to sell you.

It will happen! He will also turn the water into Pepsi.

I didn't remember him saying that.

That would be the ONE good thing he could actually follow-through on!

I fully support us stopping the insanity of switching back-and-forth. Just stay on daylight savings time year around.

Saving!

You’ll find it in that dusty drawer next to his vow of defending and upholding the constitution

Look for that in the dairy aisle with the cheap eggs, hon.

TACO strikes again!

DST is the BEST thing we have going. Anyone who thinks otherwise is clueless as to how the US would function in Winter if it was year round and ALSO clueless about living without it March-November.

Re: the hour we gain or lose twice a year, for god's sake get over yourselves. Haven't you ever flown to Chicago or Denver or Atlanta from one time zone away? If you can't adjust, go crawl in a hole.

R9, what's so good about it?

r9 what is wrong with just living life by staying with one, fixed time and letting the seasons pass without trying to control everything? Whether we change the clock an hour back or forth, the days STILL get shorter in the winter and longer in the summer as the earth tilts this way and that, PERIOD. You can't control that, so why not just accept it and realize there are some things that can't be changed...and maybe don't need to.

Most clock set themselves automatically now. DST actually makes things easier for us. Do you want to drive to work in the dark?

Do people want to send their kids out to the bus stop in the dark?

"Drive to work" lol

I don't really care about "driving to work in the dark."

Also, I work from home, mostly. Even when I go into the office, it's never dark when I'm leaving to go to work.

It's not all year that kids would be going to the bus stop "in the dark." And I really thought most schools started after 7:30 these days (closer to 8 or 9am).

I love getting up in the dark in the fall.

R11, sorry, I misunderstood the post. I really don't know what DST is versus time change? I'm all for just keeping the clocks the same throughout the year. We've been adapting to solar change for hundreds of years. No need to change it abruptly.

I remember when we tried it in the 1970s - it didn't work and didn't last long. We were waiting for the bus in complete darkness. I hear the arguments both ways and wish we would not change - I've often wondered why we didn't just split the difference and go with a 30-minute adjustment and stick with that year-round.

r18 we need to just stay with one or the other and everyone needs to quit their damn bitching. Nothing's perfect. You can't stop the sun from rising and setting either.

Everyone is such a diva these days and needs everything so goddamn perfect. Oh my GOD - DARKNESS!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHH! Run away!

R13 that’s the crotchdroppings’ parents’ problem. It’s not a problem for the part of the world that matters.

[quote] You can't stop the sun from rising and setting either.

You can't stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting.

r21 - you're not CHANGING anything, really. You're just letting the masses agree to participate in an agreement about time. And many of us DON'T agree with it.

Time is a construct anyways.

R22, you’re reading way too much into my post. I just wanted to post a lame Star Wars quote and clip.

Oh, whoops. Totally missed that.

Sorry, carry on.

I just hate the winter darkness. Nothing will make it better. Leave the clock as is.

Don't you dare give him credit for even an iota of a not bad idea, or a tiny "well at least he fixed the Daylight Saving Time" problem.

Are you a 93-year-old dairy farmer? If not, who cares about DST, anyway?

I agree that we should stop doing the change. I'd prefer it on DST (the way it is right now) for the whole year; no turning back the clock to the "real time" in the fall.

Did Congress agree to send it to POTUS's desk? I know it got through at least one of the houses during Biden admin.

Even if Dump signs it soon, it probably won't start until fall of 2026.

[quote] I agree that we should stop doing the change. I'd prefer it on DST (the way it is right now) for the whole year.

The sun wouldn't rise until 8:45 in December in Minneapolis (and all of Northern US) under this plan. That's untenable.

It's on the mounting pile of ideas he's flung at the wall to see if it sticks.

It did not.

R28 - oh shit!

REALLY !! This is what people don't understand. The system we have now is the BEST scenario. In early March as the days start getting longer and longer we get to move our clocks ahead so that our evenings are still light. To enjoy the outdoors, sports games, BBQ's, huge savings on energy, etc. etc.

But by November, if we stayed on DST, mornings would be dark for much of the country at 7:30 and beyond that by late December. So we simply move the clocks back an hour to make sure children, commuters, etc. are safe. Standard time is only for those wintery 4 months. Savings time is for the other 8.

Those complaining about the chore of adjusting to a time change 2 times a year are just whining...

Don't mess with what works!!

What does BBQ possess?

R31 - I live on the west coast and honestly never realized this!

You have legitimately changed my mind about DST.

California voted to have DST rescinded in 2018 but because it needed Federal approval, nothing happened. In other words, a completely worthless ballot measure.