Comments on: What Does Daylight Saving Time Mean? Confusion

By: Amol Shrikhande

Amol Shrikhande — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:14:21 +0000

In reply to Vance Lee. Very interesting—thanks for that background! It is noteworthy that the national movement favors year-round DST over year-round standard time. Perhaps the northern and relatively daylight-deprived parts of the country truly enjoy the bright summer evenings, even if the side effect is some really dark winter mornings.

By: Vance Lee

Vance Lee — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 01:07:08 +0000

At one time, Arizona tried DST but it caused problems resulting it staying at MST year round. Two issues:
1. Arizona is on the western side of the Mountain Time Zone
2. The deserts of Arizona can be quite hot during summers

The result was that with DST, it would be light until 9:00 PM and the temperatures could remain at 110 degrees also until 9:00 PM. This was unacceptable and Arizona elected to remain at Standard Time year round. There has been suggestions to have the entire USA go to DST year round. I don’t know why it isn’t suggested to go to Standard Time year round. I think that if the country went to year round DST, Arizona would have to move into the Pacific Time Zone.

By: Amol Shrikhande

Amol Shrikhande — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 02:12:41 +0000

In reply to Alka Shrikhande. It is pretty amazing actually.

By: Alka Shrikhande

Alka Shrikhande — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 21:00:55 +0000

Interesting how one hour can make a huge difference in our lives!

By: Amol Shrikhande

Amol Shrikhande — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 12:11:05 +0000

In reply to Anitha Shrikhande. It is definitely hard to argue with the sunny evenings!

By: Anitha Shrikhande

Anitha Shrikhande — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:03:45 +0000

It’s definitely perplexing but I do like the extra hour of evening daylight in the summer!