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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
I personally like DST and think the problems with the time change are a bit overblown, but I'm fine with taking it away. However, I really don't think permanent DST is a good idea - the sun rising that late is just not good for your body. The time zones exist as they do for a good reason.
Let's look at the differences between standard time and daylight time for the morning sunrise. I'm picking 8am as a cutoff since that is around the start of the workday and school day (where most people are at least headed to one of those at this time). Here is the time span where the sun would rise after 8:00am
Normal time: Nov 19 - Feb 8 = 81 days
Permanent DST: Oct 15 - Mar 10 = 146 days
I don't think most people realize how little light we'd get in the mornings for such a long stretch of time under permanent DST. You are looking at nearly twice as many days of getting up and starting your day in the dark under permanent DST vs normal time.
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Which is why it should stay as it is.