Adjusting Sleep to Daylight-Saving Time
8th November 2008
What is the point to changing the time twice a year? I mean, really, just what is the fucking point? It’s a tremendous pain in the ass for everybody, and I’ve never seen a plausible, much less convincing, argument in its favor.
November 11th, 2008 at 13:01
The point to daylight saving time is simple. In winter we get up around 6:00 a.m., and the sun comes up at about the same time to help us get around. It sets about the time the workday is over.
In summer, on the same schedule, we’d get an extra hour of daylight after work when we’re active, and an extra hour of daylight before we get up when we have no use for it.
Under daylight savings, we get useful light for two extra hours instead of one.
That’s its actual, original purpose, and anyone who’s bothered to find out knows it. It does help retailers and sports, and some studies indicate that it reduces traffic accidents.
Besides, Winston Churchill supported it, and that alone makes it worthwhile, just to annoy liberals.