alt Hacker NewsI'm glad we're agreed that changing the clocks twice a year is a bad idea, but I don't understand why we should abandon Daylight Savings Time by adopting it permanently. What's so wrong with Standard Time?
Oh, well: whether we put the clocks back or leave them permanently off-by-one, either is better than changing them around over and over.
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The reason for permanent daylight savings (versus permanent standard) is to provide for later sunsets in the winter. By clock time, the sun would be rising later (after 8am in many places) but setting later as well giving people some late afternoon or evening sun. Which is better is ultimately subjective, you get short days in the winter regardless when you live far enough north.
The late sunrise can be more dangerous with a lot more people traveling in the dark (especially if there's mixed vehicle, bike, and pedestrian traffic, like around schools). So that's also something to consider, and a drawback to this particular choice.
We're not agreed. In a few years, we're gonna be. For a while.
The golf industry prefers daylight savings: https://gbej.org/golf-industry-fights-to-preserve-daylight-s...