Saturday, November 01, 2025

Daylight Savings Time -- Can we just end it?

We won't notice the change from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time this year. We went from Central Daylight time to Mountain Daylight time when we arrived in Puerto Vallarta, but since Mexico no longer does the twice a year clock hokey pokey we will now be on Central Standard Time and we don't have to change our clocks. 

I've pretty much always thought it was stupid. 24 hours is 24 hours. We can adjust work or school schedules and it's not like we don't have artificial lighting for late-night summer activities. I am sure that we will notice the early sunsets when we return to the Ozarks of SWMO. 
It's no biggie. We have lights.

I could be wrong, but I doubt the time change has the economic impact that it once had. I think technology probably nullifies most of that. Outdoor recreation areas are well lit with the latest/greatest high bright, low cost lighting available, and I'm not sure why we ever needed later daylight hours to go into dimly lit bars and nightclubs.
Isn't it time to recognize that the reasons for switching no longer really matter?

On the other hand -- the clock doesn't really matter to me. Do whatever you want to do. I'll go to bed when I'm tired and wake up when I'm finished sleeping, and find ways to occupy the hours in between.
Most things in life don't have to be as hard as we make them.

John

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