april 2 is daylight saving time...love or hate

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i heard the farmers hate it. i think nurses too especially those with cvvhd. they say it can save energy and money i think they save more if they stop dropping bombs other countries.

The effects of Daylight Saving Time depend on where you live and the kind of job you have. If you live on the eastern edge of a time zone, the extra hour of daylight in the evening may be appreciated, but if you live on the western edge, that extra hour of daylight can be a royal pain for anyone who needs to be at work early in the morning, especially families with school-aged children.

Daylight Saving Time was never designed to benefit farmers.Most of them thought it was an exercise in futility because their livelihoods revolved around the sun, and some were quick to comment that the people who passed the law forgot to explain to their cows and chickens how it was supposed to work.

The four time zones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific) were first established in November, 1883.

The Standard Time Act of 1918 was passed in response to the railroads' request for using a single time in an entire standard time zone. The boundaries of these time zones have had minor changes a number of times over the years in response to the requests of residents of the zones.

The first summertime Daylight Saving Time was enacted in 1918, but after WW I ended, it was repealed in 1919 because it was so unpopular that congress overrode President Wilson's veto, although some states and cities chose to continue the practice. In WW II, President Roosevelt introduced a year-round Daylight Saving Time called "War Time" that lasted from Feb.1942 to Sept. 1945. From 1945 until 1966 there were no federal laws regarding Daylight Saving Time, so states and localities were free to choose whether or not to have it and the dates it should begin and end if it were for summer months only.

President Lyndon Johnson signed The Uniform Time Act of 1966 on April 12, 1966, mandating Daylight Saving Time to begin on the last Sunday of April and to end on the last Sunday of October. Any State that wanted to be exempt from Daylight Saving Time could do so by passing a state law.

On January 4, 1974, President Nixon signed into law the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973. Then, beginning on January 6, 1974, implementing the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act, clocks were set ahead for a 15-month period through April 27, 1975.

Under legislation enacted in 1986, Daylight Saving Time in the USA was set to begin at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of April and end at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. There has been talk of extending the period in the fall, but I do not know if it has passed yet or not.

My thoughts: If it's so wonderful to have that extra hour of daylight in the evening, why don't we have it in the winter when we need it?

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I don't mind daylight savings. In the spring I get off work an hour earlier one day and in the fall I will get an extra hours pay.

It would be worse if they changed the time during the daytime while I'm asleep.

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Hi All

I have not posted before so here goes.

Look on the bright side of DLS. I am in South Australia and we have just gone off daylight saving. I did a night shift (2245-0715) on Saturday night and of course I got an extra hour's pay which is an OK rate on Saturday at In Charge rates. Every cloud has a silver lining!

Keep Smiling

Tim

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Love It!!!! Love It!!!! Love It!!!!

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:nurse:i don't mind the extra daylight but it sure messes up my schedule with my kids.

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Hi

Re Tracy B (Post #20). I was always under the impression that DLS was first introduced in the UK during the war to save power and valuable and scarce resources to help with the war effort. It also allowed extra time at the end of the working day for people to work in their gardens to produce some of their own food.

Tim

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since i have two preschoolers, i am curious. for the next month, i will struggle to get my kids in bed. and when summer rolls around and its light till 10pm, it's he** getting my kids even IN the house let alone in bed.

so, anyone have tips/tricks/wisdom/suggestions for getting kids to sleep despite the sun shining outside? i wish they would just leave the time alone already.

(can anyone tell i'm crabby from a horrible day at work and now i have a whole less hour of sleep tonight before i go back:lol2: )

ok moms and dads, let me know your tricks for getting the kids to bed during DST!

We hung a dark heavy blanket in the window for now. That seems to work so far.

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I am in Indiana. My whole entire life, we have never observed DST. This year is the first year we have done it and I can honestly say I HATE this. I cannot for the life of me get the time changed on my cable box or on the radio in the SUV, I forgot I have to change my watches too!

I feel like I am in some bizarre episode of the twilight zone!

I could not agree more!

I live in Indiana too and never remember DST, but am told we used to have it. I absolutly HATE IT!!! I did not think an hour would matter all too much, but it is now the 9th of April and I am still not used to it. Everyone I have talked to does not like it. I have heard a lot of cursing about Mitch Daniels!

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I could not agree more!

I live in Indiana too and never remember DST, but am told we used to have it. I absolutly HATE IT!!! I did not think an hour would matter all too much, but it is now the 9th of April and I am still not used to it. Everyone I have talked to does not like it. I have heard a lot of cursing about Mitch Daniels!

My mom tells me we used to do it when I was little, but I don't remember it at all. My question is, how is this good for the economy? I just don't see it. I still am not used to it and it has been over a week. GRRRRRRR.

I think Mitch made a bad move here.

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