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[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago

Where do you live within your timezone?

I think your sentiment comes from people living on the western side of their time zone, where sunrise and sunset is an hour later than on the eastern end. On the western edge of the timezone (Detroit, for example, on the west end of the Eastern timezone), sunrise in winter could be as late as 9AM.

On the eastern end of a timezone, sunset can be as early as 3:45PM. As early as you want your sunlight, I think we can agree that a sunset before 4PM is ridiculously absurd.

If you are, indeed, on the western edge of the timezone as I think, we could adopt DST, and move you to the next zone to the west, which would put you on the same time as standard time in your current zone. You win, we win, everyone wins.

Alternatively, we could adopt Standard Time, and move people on the eastern edge to the next time zone to the east, which would put them on the same time zone as DST in their current time zone. Again, you win, we win, everyone wins.

Are you on the western edge of your timezone, or at least in the western half?

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Plus if standard time becomes normal year round sunrise in places like NYC would be 4:30 (with first light at 3 AM). Bonkers early

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Exactly. New York would probably elect to stay permanently on UTC-4 (EDT/Atlantic Standard Time), and never switch to UTC-5 (EST) like they are now. Michigan would probably choose UTC-5 permanently, and never switch to UTC-4, like they currently do in the summer.

Both states are in the same time zone. They probably shouldn't be when we go to permanent time.

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Not having sunrise unill 8:15 in winter is nightmarish. Its also much easier to make your room dark in mid summer than stimulate sunrise in mid winter.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

Its easier to illuminate a bedroom in the morning than the great outdoors in a ridiculously early evening.

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Just go outside earlier. We should change jobs and work hours not cause half of everyone sleep deprivation. We can all can win, but its not by using DST year round.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

Let's stop using the terms "DST" and "standard time". They really confuse the issue. The contiguous US uses UTC-4 (EDT) , UTC-5 (EST/CDT) UTC-6 (CST/MDT), UTC-7 (MST/PDT) and UTC-8 (PST) time zones. We aren't all going to be using the same UTC offset for permanent time. We are all going to be adopting the UTC offset that makes sense for our region.

New England and Michigan are currently in the same time zone, which switches between UTC-4 and UTC-5. Year-round UTC-5 puts dawn before 4am in New York City during the summer. New England should absolutely not be on UTC-5 in the summer. They should be on UTC-4. On permanent UTC-4, New York dawns will always be between 5 and 8 AM.

Year-round UTC-4 puts dawn at 9am in Detroit during the winter. Detroit should absolutely not be in UTC-4 in the winter. On permanent UTC-5, Detroit dawns will always be between 5 and 8 AM.

New York should be on permanent UTC-4. Detroit should be on permanent UTC-5.

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

8 am is too late, sunrise must be before school start.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

8am is the latest sunrise in a Detroit winter on EST, UTC-5. If you want it earlier, Detroit can't be on EST, let alone EDT. They would need to be on CST, UTC-6, which the never are. Solar noon would be around 11:15 AM. Sunset would be before 4PM.

Are you just being contrary for the sake of being contrary?

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Then perhaps school should adjust but if new York stayed on -5 in winter Schools would start in the dark, which actually happens in a lot of places. Its bad for kids and we should use schools schedules bc they are publicly aun and the people who we must take care of to set the time. Everything else is obviously flexible.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

While Intend to agree that the time needs to accommodate school schedules, it is ludicrous to base school schedules on the latest sunrise of the year, especially since that sunrise is only that late for a few weeks of the year, and for >2 of those weeks, the kids are on winter break anyway.

Schools can adjust their schedules on much smaller increments.

if new York stayed on -5 in winter

New York is on UTC-5 in winter.

[-] oo1@lemmings.world 4 points 1 week ago

So is living in a city where no one ever sleeps. /s

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