[Patek23]

Originally Posted by timun

Whereas I'm fine with the sun going down at 8:55 pm instead of 9:55 in the summer, but I loathe the idea of the sun not rising until ~9:40 am in the winter.




Yes, we should change the clocks back earlier in the fall and later in the spring, and we did before 2007! We used to change clocks on the first Sunday in April and last Sunday in October. The US unilaterally decided to change it to the second Sunday in March and first Sunday in November, adding another 4-5 weeks of daylight time in the calendar. Canada and Mexico followed only to keep in sync with them.

This year we "sprang forward" on March 14, making sunrise jump from 6:51 to 7:51 am, and sunset from 6:40 to 7:40 pm. We will "fall back" on November 7, making sunrise shift from 8:39 to 7:39 am, and sunset from 5:59 to 4:59 pm.

If we kept daylight saving time the same as it was prior to 2007, we would have changed on April 4, making sunrise from 6:04 to 7:04 am and sunset 7:14 to 8:14 pm, and October 31, making sunrise from 8:27 to 7:27 am and sunset from 6:11 to 5:11 pm.

It’s funny as I’m the opposite. I hate waking up with the sun out. I enjoy it being dark in the morning and giving my eyes a while to adjust. When I wake up sun booming I feel like I’ve slept in. When I wake up and it’s dark I feel like I’m being an “early riser”.