Spot on, buddy. There are efforts in the US Congress to make DST permanent. The main pushback is from the medical community… Humans are not nocturnal animals. Exposure to morning sunlight is linked to better health. Standard time provides more morning sunlight overall. However, people tend to consume more products in the afternoon or evening so it’s no surprise to hear businesses and their protectors, politicians, pushing for more evening sunlight. Switching between DST and standard also results in more accidental deaths and lost productivity, as others have pointed out in this thread. We have a shitty compromise currently in the US and some other countries. Most of the world does not indulge in this absurd practice, so I doubt the US will ever get on the right track in this area. Much like the metric/imperial system problem.
I think it’s mostly retail lobbies that care about it. So it’s the law of the land.
Why don’t they just adjust their hours twice a year instead?
It’s because in the summer, people get off work and have a couple of hours of daylight left.
People tend to shop and consume more when they’ve got a little light.
This interview looks sort of interesting, but retail+daylight savings time will yield a lot of results
https://www.npr.org/2007/03/08/7779869/the-reasoning-behind-changing-daylight-saving
So, go to work an hour or two earlier. I don’t see the problem, it’s just a number.
And it’s really not that hard to do, I’ve seen plenty of places with seasonal hours in tourist areas.
Spot on, buddy. There are efforts in the US Congress to make DST permanent. The main pushback is from the medical community… Humans are not nocturnal animals. Exposure to morning sunlight is linked to better health. Standard time provides more morning sunlight overall. However, people tend to consume more products in the afternoon or evening so it’s no surprise to hear businesses and their protectors, politicians, pushing for more evening sunlight. Switching between DST and standard also results in more accidental deaths and lost productivity, as others have pointed out in this thread. We have a shitty compromise currently in the US and some other countries. Most of the world does not indulge in this absurd practice, so I doubt the US will ever get on the right track in this area. Much like the metric/imperial system problem.