We may be hearing a lot about Halloween, the election, and other stuff like that, but another event coming close is Daylight Savings Time (Summer Time in Europe) ending. This means it's time to set the clocks back. We get one extra hour of sleep at least, but nights begin even earlier, which adds insult to injury based on how daylight hours are shrinking due to the Earth's axial tilt.
So here is a question for all of you. Should we keep the tradition where we set the clocks one hour ahead on the second Sunday of March and set them one hour back on the first Sunday of November? Or should we get rid of this tradition once and for all? If you believe in ending this practice, what time would you rather stick to all-year round? Would you rather be on Daylight Savings Time all year round (so we can have at least one more hour of sun after 12:00 PM), or would you rather be on Standard Time all year round (so the sundials are synchronized with the time of the day)?
Whether or not we stick to one time zone, I hope that we actually can vote on this in the 2016 election (or any time when we have to vote). Daylight Savings after all is one of these decisions left up to the state, but I would rather have the people in each state vote on what time the state sticks to rather than the state governments. I know it's already a tradition, but it has to go someday.
What would I rather stick to? I would rather stay on Standard Time all year round rather than just the winter. In my state (Texas), that would mean GMT-6 all year round. I want to start waking up earlier, and DST is messing up my body clock. I could stick to DST all year round too, but I am done changing the clock.
So here is a question for all of you. Should we keep the tradition where we set the clocks one hour ahead on the second Sunday of March and set them one hour back on the first Sunday of November? Or should we get rid of this tradition once and for all? If you believe in ending this practice, what time would you rather stick to all-year round? Would you rather be on Daylight Savings Time all year round (so we can have at least one more hour of sun after 12:00 PM), or would you rather be on Standard Time all year round (so the sundials are synchronized with the time of the day)?
Whether or not we stick to one time zone, I hope that we actually can vote on this in the 2016 election (or any time when we have to vote). Daylight Savings after all is one of these decisions left up to the state, but I would rather have the people in each state vote on what time the state sticks to rather than the state governments. I know it's already a tradition, but it has to go someday.
What would I rather stick to? I would rather stay on Standard Time all year round rather than just the winter. In my state (Texas), that would mean GMT-6 all year round. I want to start waking up earlier, and DST is messing up my body clock. I could stick to DST all year round too, but I am done changing the clock.