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Should president Bush sign a bill to increase daylight savings time. Or shall we just leave it ALONE.:-5

If it aint broke, why fix it?

Leave it alone! I hate it as it is. As soon as it gets nice in the mornings, and you can actually see the sun before you go into work, they switch the time and it's dark again. It is a definite hazard to children going to school in the morning, if it's dark and it is not as safe as if it was light. Let's be like Arizona, and not observe Daylight Savings Time at all.

They've talked about this before, and the effect it has on the safety of children. (this from 2001)

http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/sc ... 3325_0.htm

kmhowe72 wrote: Should president Bush sign a bill to increase daylight savings time. Or shall we just leave it ALONE.:-5
How about option 3: GIT RID OF IT!! It's the stupidest damn thing I ever heard of "if we change the clocks we can save money." How about changing the alarm on your clock! You can get up earlier without trying to adjust the world. Talk about the universe revolving around you.







American English lesson #127: Americans use "you" and "one" interchangeably and should not be considered a personal attack.

I like it when it gets dark earlier here. Then it's easier to put the kids down. All this fooling around with nature and natural light.

kmhowe72 wrote: Should president Bush sign a bill to increase daylight savings time. Or shall we just leave it ALONE.:-5


Is there a bill pending?

My vote: Kill it. (boy, my friends would be surprised!)

It would be interesting to know what the energy savings in terms of $$$$ would be by having the extra daylight time.

Tombstone wrote: Is there a bill pending?



My vote: Kill it. (boy, my friends would be surprised!)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/22/ ... httime.ap/

Now that’s power. When the Congress messes with time they have gone over the top. Kill the bill and repeal anything that has been passed before. Once they start messing with something the messing just gets more complicated. Pretty soon we will all have to sign affidavits stating that we observe their silly rules and hold them harmless.

chonsigirl wrote: Let's be like Arizona, and not observe Daylight Savings Time at all.


Darn straight, Chonsi! To heck with playing with the clock and losing an hour of sleep, and wondering if you forgot to set the clock, and....blah, blah, blah...

I think it's going to be signed this week.:-5

Daylight Saving Time (Not Daylight "Savings" Time)



From Matt Rosenberg,Your Guide to Geography.

DST Extended by Four Weeks in U.S. Starting in 2007



August 8, 2005 Update: President Bush signed into law the Energy Policy Act, which extends Daylight Saving Time (DST) by four weeks from the second Sunday of March to end on the first Sunday of November. Extended Daylight Saving Time will begin in March 2007. See below for the new "spring forward, fall back" dates for the next few years.



Every spring we move our clocks one hour ahead and "lose" an hour during the night and each fall we move our clocks back one hour and "gain" an extra hour. But Daylight Saving Time (and not Daylight Savings Time with an "s") wasn't just created to confuse our schedules.

The phrase "Spring forward, fall back" helps people remember how Daylight Saving time affects their clocks. At 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in April, we set our clocks forward one hour ahead of standard time ("spring forward"). We "fall back" at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October by setting our clock back one hour and thus returning to standard time. The change to Daylight Saving Time allows us to use less energy in lighting our homes by taking advantage of the longer and later daylight hours. During the six-and-a-half-month period of Daylight Saving Time, the names of time in each of the time zones in the U.S. changes as well. Eastern Standard Time (EST) becomes Eastern Daylight Time, Central Standard Time (CST) becomes Central Daylight Time (CDT), Mountain Standard Time (MST) becomes Mountain Daylight Tome (MDT), Pacific Standard Time becomes Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), and so forth.

Daylight Saving Time was instituted in the United States during World War I in order to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight between April and October. During World War II the federal government again required the states to observe the time change. Between the wars and after World War II, states and communities chose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act which standardized the length of Daylight Saving Time. Arizona, Hawaii, parts of Indiana, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time.

Other parts of the world observe Daylight Saving Time as well. While European nations have been taking advantage of the time change for decades, in 1996 the European Union (EU) standardized a EU-wide "summertime period." The EU version of Daylight Saving Time runs from the last Sunday in March through the last Sunday in October. During the summer, Russia's clocks are two hours ahead of standard time. During the winter, all 11 of the Russian time zones are an hour ahead of standard time. During the summer months, Russian clocks are advanced another hour ahead. With their high latitude, the two hours of Daylight Saving Time really helps to save daylight. In the southern hemisphere where summer comes in December, Daylight Saving Time is observed from October to March. Equatorial and tropical countries (lower latitudes) don't observe Daylight Saving Time since the daylight hours are similar during every season, so there's no advantage to moving clocks forward during the summer. The next time you're changing your clocks for Daylight Saving Time, remember that it's not just trying to mess up your schedule but its purpose is to save energy.



U.S. Daylight Saving Time

Year Spring Forward Fall Back

2004 2 a.m. April 4 2 a.m. Oct. 31

2005 2 a.m. April 3 2 a.m. Oct. 30

2006 2 a.m. April 2 2 a.m. Oct. 29

2007 2.a.m. March 11 2 a.m. Nov. 4

2008 2 a.m. March 9 2 a.m. Nov. 2

2009 2 a.m. March 8 2 a.m. Nov. 1

2010 2 a.m. March 14 2 a.m. Nov 7

2011 2 a.m. March 13 2 a.m. Nov. 6



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BTS wrote: Daylight Saving Time (Not Daylight "Savings" Time)



From Matt Rosenberg,Your Guide to Geography.

DST Extended by Four Weeks in U.S. Starting in 2007
This is a great analogy of what's wrong with government officials in general. they honestly believe that people are too stupid to make decisions for themselves, take care of themselves, or keep themselves safe without government input.



Elected officials have to change things. Otherwise, how could they justify getting re-elected. Just once I'd like to see a politician go thru the books with a shredder, getting rid of all these incredibly ridiculous laws. I'd vote for that!