Should Daylight Savings Time be abolished?

[minionofmidas]

I'd rather abolish standard time than DST.

Same thing really - just abolish the stupid clockmoving.

Doesn't DST save us a bunch of money in regards to energy consumption?

No. That was a sales angle back in the 70s, but it's a load of hogwash.

Yes. It's a worthless, outdated relic. The idea behind it it was to conserve candle wax. Let's move on.

Actually, it was invented to force people to witness the undeniably prettiest periods in earth's existence - early summer mornings, which most of you still sleep through despite DST.
And it was introduced in countries to make wartime nightly blackouts more bearable.
And then it was reintroduced god knows why.

[minionofmidas]

If we get rid of standard time, the sun wouldn't rise until 9am here in December...

That might make you notice that while light in the evening after work is pleasant, only in the morning before work does it seriously affect your quality of life.

Re Smid's Cows - the cows will still know when they're milked, as farmers tend to basically ignore DST as far as their own working hours are concerned.

[minionofmidas]

I'm three degrees to your north, in case you're not aware.

[minionofmidas]

Preferential ballot

1) Abolish the sick joke
(gap)
2) Restrict it to what it used to be for, ie summer
3) At least remove the confusion by abolishing the last wintery remains of real time
(boundless chasm)
4) Status Quo. Seriously. I spent much of the first half of april contemplating suing the government for emotional damages. And, of course, it's purely dst's fault that I need to start working before sunup during the second half of october, then go back to something healthier for part of november before the vile time starts in earnest. (We change the clock tomorrow night. IIRC you do it even later.)