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scheav t1_jbuzx89 wrote

Reply to comment by mlfblf in [OC] In the past four years, 19 states have enacted legislation or passed resolutions, awaiting approval by Congress, to make daylight saving permanent. by gridnews

What difference would it make? Wouldn’t hours of operation be set accordingly?

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_BreakingGood_ t1_jbv85am wrote

There's a lot of differences. With permanent "Daylight Time", you can work a 9-5 job, get home, eat, get dressed, and still have 2 hours to enjoy the sunlight and get outside.

With permanent Standard Time, it's dark when you wake up, dark when you get home. No sunlight for you.

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scojo77 t1_jbvqzwo wrote

Standard time makes the mornings brighter from October to March. 6am sunrise today, 7am tomorrow when DST starts.

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scheav t1_jbv90j9 wrote

Businesses are going to open an hour later if it gets light an hour later. You’re going to be working later. There’s nothing special about 5pm that makes it quitting time.

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madattak t1_jbvfhl8 wrote

But business hours don't change when DST starts or ends

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scheav t1_jbvgx2m wrote

Yes, because it’s just temporary. That’s the point. If it were permanent then business hours would be set appropriately. If you decided to shift the clock by 4 hours in your state do you think businesses would open up 4 hours before sunrise?

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_BreakingGood_ t1_jbvg3pf wrote

My working hours have never changed due to DST. In fact I've never seen the business hours of any business change due to DST.

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scheav t1_jbvh28i wrote

DST is temporary. If businesses were willing to change their hours multiple times a year you wouldn’t need DST. If you made a permanent change to your time zones businesses would change hours accordingly - permanently. It’s not rocket science.

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_BreakingGood_ t1_jbvicru wrote

Alright we'll see if permanent DST results in the entire country shifting from 9-5 to 10-6 hours.

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scheav t1_jbviqa0 wrote

We sure will. Hopefully I get my start time shifted from 7am to 8am.

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