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In reply to the discussion: Let me be the first to post a "I hate the time change" thread. [View all]Think. Again.
(8,902 posts)33. It's a little more complicated than that...
Farmers dissapproved of it the first time around in 1918:
"The plan was not adopted in the United States until the Standard Time Act of March 19, 1918, which confirmed the existing standard time zone system and set summer DST to begin on March 31, 1918 (reverting October 27).[6] The idea was unpopular, especially with farmers because DST meant they had less time in the morning to get their milk and harvested crops to market.[7] Congress abolished DST after the war, overriding President Woodrow Wilson's veto."
The most iteration is based on modern corporate profit:
"The United States Chamber of Commerce has praised the extension of daylight saving under the 2005 law, which increased the amount of shopping and commerce after work in the evenings. In the golf industry, the group has noted an exceptional increase in revenue of "$200 million in additional sales of golf clubs and greens fees".[25] The extension of daylight saving has also had a notable impact on Halloween and candy sales.[26] Wyoming senator Michael Enzi and Michigan representative Fred Upton advocated the extension from October into November especially to allow children to go trick-or-treating in more daylight.[27] In some areas, the extension of daylight saving time in March and November has pushed back sunrise to as late as 8:30 a.m."
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States
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Agree. Keep it standard year around. Several studies demonstrated that this is preferrable
question everything
Mar 9
#2
WTF? You posted this at 8:10 (DU reflects the viewer's time zone, I am pretty sure)
usonian
Mar 9
#4
I just stay on Daylight Savings Time all year long.That means I can do things in a leisurely way, since I
tblue37
Mar 9
#5
I thought that the Senate unanimously voted to get rid of the time change. What happened with that??
Rhiannon12866
Mar 10
#17
There was never a debate. Rubio, I think, suggested and in a lock step all said aye
question everything
Mar 10
#40
It's often a problem when you have online meetings and never really know what time zone the organizers are in
Attilatheblond
Mar 10
#42
Oh, great, so I have to try to remember the hour's difference for the next three weeks.
DFW
Mar 10
#36
It was them. Lobbying from golf courses, theme parks and sports is why they changed it.
LeftInTX
Mar 10
#49