10 reasons why daylight savings is the worstZoë Miller
Those estimates involve medical costs, prosecutions, police expenses, that kind of thing.) The reason is simple: crimes tend to happen much more often in darkness. Extend the daylight, and crimes, especially outdoor crimes like muggings, go down. Originally, DST was thought to be a major ...
But the evidence for any significant energy savings is slim. Brighter evenings may save on electric lighting, saidStanton Hadley, a now-retired senior researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory who helped prepare a report to Congress on extended daylight saving time. But lights have become increasi...
By the way, daylight savings is not for farmers. It was started by the Germans during the WW1 to save on fuel costs. Check out John Oliver Daylight savings time, why is this still a thing? We have black out blinds and curtains, so it’s nice and dark in the bedroom yr round. Rep...
Daylight Saving Time(DST) is used to save energy and make better use of daylight. It was first used in 1908 in Thunder Bay, Canada. One of the advantages of Daylight Savings is the long summer evenings. ©iStockphoto.com/Lacheev ...
Daylight Savings Day Traditions The main tradition is that the clocks go back. Most of us are sound asleep when this happens and then change our clocks when we wake up. While the clocks on our smartphones alter themselves, we have to go around the house and manually update those clocks th...
Weird thing is that both weigh about half an ounce of each other. I think I am going to buy an Anti Gravity gear UL jacket that is 70D siliconized on both sides and that has a two way zipper and 17″ pit zips to try out. I don’t push myself too much so even if it does ...
Why do we have daylight saving time? And why are days longer in summer and shorter in winter? Daylight saving time is really just a trick. At least, so says Michael Downing, author of Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time. He's our guest in this episode, and he ...
Will Daylight Savings Time ever be permanently eliminated? That's a good question. Fewer than 40% of the world's countries observe DST, and states like California, Florida and Montana have all petitioned to become exempt. In fact, in March 2022, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill...
Checking the web interface of a few systems: An AMT 3.2.20 system shows the correct local time. An AMT 5.2.40 system is ahead by one hour (daylight savings)? The new AMT 9.0.2 system is ahead by 8 hours (meaning it is showing Greenwich Mean Time). My underst...