Should DST be killed and replaced with a dynamic time that's synchronised with the local sunrise? - we have the technology to pull it off

[Betonhaus]

Instead of switching back and forth an hour each year, couldn't we have a system where time is based on sunrise? like you would set your alarm to SR-0:30 to wake up 30 minutes before sunrise and start your job at SR+0:00 if you're a blue collar worker and SR+2:00 if you're a white collar worker, then work the length of your shift then go home and have supper at SS-1:00, or one hour before sunset. If you have a cushy job you could have shift end pegged to sunset so have a shorter workday during winter

 

[foam rolla]

Day Light Savings is gay.

 

[A Cardboard Box]

No. 24 hour time should be replaced by measuring the angle the sun is from the primer meridian. So the prime meridian is 0° and 1 day is 0^ to 359°.

 

[break these cuffs]

There is no way this idea could possibly go wrong.

 

[oldTireWater]

Sure thing Gene Ray.

I work on Dog Time. We have negotiated wake-up, walk, and feeding times based on elapsed hours and ambient light. These are irrespective of what time The Man says it is.

 

[xXWild_DripXx]

Time is for wagies

 

[Dawdler]

Yes, and make it a poll op

 

[Nicholas Gur]

I prefer an hour of darkness before most common folk get to work. Despite a growing nigger with their led headlights on permanently outbreak, I find it more manageable than the sun skull fucking you on your daily drive.

 

[Trump's Chosen]

There are a lot of things that could be improved if people weren't stupid but most people are. On top of that it's harder to herd humans than cats, so you better have a very good reason besides marginal gains if you change something like that.

 

[BScCollateral]

Instead of switching back and forth an hour each year, couldn't we have a system where time is based on sunrise?

Drive a few kilometers west and you have to reset your watch. The railroads invented time zones because it was too hard to synchronize timetables or telegraph messages.

 

[Degenerate Lurker]

Contractor time is the superior measurement of time.

Shit gets done when it gets done.

 

[ATI Escapee]

I just want it to stop changing

 

[foam rolla]

I can handle DLS when it's for like three months over the Summer. But it's most of the year now and it emboldens fuckheads to be mowing their lawn at 8pm.

 

[Town Drunk]

Fuck time zones with a rake. Fuck DST with an un lubed rake.

If I was dictator of the world I'd have everyone use one time zone. Let's make it GMT for fairness.

Yeah you would have to adjust at first, but would your life really change if sunrise was at 17:00 rather that 6:00 that much?

 

[Penis Drager 2.0]

Problem is it introduces many distinct, dynamically changing, time zones which would be a pain in the ass to keep track of. It's already annoying enough to schedule things in two different time zones.
Ideally you'd have as few time zones as possible to reduce these inefficiencies.

 

[Meriasek]

Nah fuck that, I don't wanna reset my watch every few kilometers when travelling. It might be fine if you have radio or Internet controlled watches, but it'd be a pain in the ass with analog watches. Might boost the sale of GMT style watches, though.

 

[Rei is Shit.]

Noon should be when the sun is at its apex.

 

[Betonhaus]

Nah fuck that, I don't wanna reset my watch every few kilometers when travelling. It might be fine if you have radio or Internet controlled watches, but it'd be a pain in the ass with analog watches. Might boost the sale of GMT style watches, though.

you could set it to some sort of national standard time but keep track of the current local time.

 

[greatUncleShitHeel]

What if we instead just set the clocks half an hour backwards or forwards depending on location and time of year, leave them alone after that point and then tell everyone complaining to fuck off?

 

[Swingletonthesimpleton]

I don't care how just quit changing THE FUCKING TIME

I JUST fixed my sleep schedule to wake up in the morning, now I'm right back to waking up at 3 in the afternoon. Fuck this gayass daylight savings time.