We all know about it, some are annoyed about it, the time change has come once again. Daylight Saving Time ends for 2014 in the US as of November 2nd. Don't forget to change your clocks. 
I personally am part of the group that is annoyed by it and find it to be completely pointless. Why do we even need Daylight Saving Time? Why go through all the trouble of changing clocks twice a year when it can just be done away with? We just end up changing them back again in the spring, further adding to the redundancy behind the whole process.
This is a map of the world. The regions in blue use Daylight Saving Time. The orange regions no longer use it, and the red regions never did. It would be one thing if the entire world practiced the use of Daylight Saving Time, but the truth is that the majority of the world does not participate in it. Even in the regions of the world that do participate, it is a smaller portion of the population who actually can make an argument for "needing" it. I have been told in the past that it is for the sake of the farmers. Ok, great. Not all of us are farmers though. Why can't they just wake up earlier/later (depending on time of year) like the farmers in countries/states who do not participate do? I think it should be done away with worldwide.
Then you have the confusion that it brings when a business in a region that does participate (such as Fort Worth, Texas) is doing business with another located in a region that does not (such as Phoenix, Arizona). Texas is in Central Time all year long. Phoenix, due to Daylight Savings Time, spends half the year in Mountain Time (1 hour behind Central Time) and the other half of the year in Pacific Time (2 hours behind Central Time). Either everyone should use it, or no one should. It would be easiest if the rest of the regions still using Daylight Savings Time stopped doing so and saving us the frustration it brings twice a year. On a positive note, technology has been evolving a lot in recent years and many of us now have clocks/computers/phones that will update daylight savings time settings on their own.... Growing up I loathed the biannual time changing and I still believe it should be done away with for good.
How do you feel about Daylight Saving Time? Do you like it, dislike it, or are you neutral? Why?
Should it be removed completely or should more countries/states participate? Why or why not?
Any thoughts on Daylight Savings Time within our forum rules are welcome.
Discuss!
I personally am part of the group that is annoyed by it and find it to be completely pointless. Why do we even need Daylight Saving Time? Why go through all the trouble of changing clocks twice a year when it can just be done away with? We just end up changing them back again in the spring, further adding to the redundancy behind the whole process.
This is a map of the world. The regions in blue use Daylight Saving Time. The orange regions no longer use it, and the red regions never did. It would be one thing if the entire world practiced the use of Daylight Saving Time, but the truth is that the majority of the world does not participate in it. Even in the regions of the world that do participate, it is a smaller portion of the population who actually can make an argument for "needing" it. I have been told in the past that it is for the sake of the farmers. Ok, great. Not all of us are farmers though. Why can't they just wake up earlier/later (depending on time of year) like the farmers in countries/states who do not participate do? I think it should be done away with worldwide.
Then you have the confusion that it brings when a business in a region that does participate (such as Fort Worth, Texas) is doing business with another located in a region that does not (such as Phoenix, Arizona). Texas is in Central Time all year long. Phoenix, due to Daylight Savings Time, spends half the year in Mountain Time (1 hour behind Central Time) and the other half of the year in Pacific Time (2 hours behind Central Time). Either everyone should use it, or no one should. It would be easiest if the rest of the regions still using Daylight Savings Time stopped doing so and saving us the frustration it brings twice a year. On a positive note, technology has been evolving a lot in recent years and many of us now have clocks/computers/phones that will update daylight savings time settings on their own.... Growing up I loathed the biannual time changing and I still believe it should be done away with for good.
How do you feel about Daylight Saving Time? Do you like it, dislike it, or are you neutral? Why?
Should it be removed completely or should more countries/states participate? Why or why not?
Any thoughts on Daylight Savings Time within our forum rules are welcome.
Discuss!
