They have to start and stop somewhere is the problem and you don't want half a city or town using two different times. Imagine if the hardware store on one side of town closed at 8 EST and the mall on the other closed at 8 CST. Theoretically, they could be right next to each other even. For example, if you lived by the hardware store but worked at the mall, things would be a mess.

So really not awful cut offs but more weird cut offs. Because making standard cut offs doesn't make it any better. Kind of like, best they can be with current system.

I find time zones and everything so interesting and that people don't understand it at all. Some people will say "I hate daylight savings time" when they like the extra hour of light in the evening but hate changing their clocks. They like DST but hate changing the clocks and probably want to stay on DST always.

There's no best way to do it. It's all preference.

I compared Sioux Falls SD to Rapid City SD in another comment on this thread. If Rapid City was CST like Sioux Falls the sun would set 25 minutes later in Rapid City, but since it is MST the sun sets 35 minutes before.

You also got to think some start work at 8 some start at 9. If you start at 9, you're more likely in favor of DST.

Yeah a lot of misinformation around DST. People don't like being wrong and I guess the image didn't fit what they wanted to be right. Oh well lol