Daylight Savings Time

[sdelmonte]

You might have missed this. But Daylight Savings Time starts earlier this year, and for the foreseeable future. It begins on the second Sunday in March. This year, that's March 11.

Which means that if you are Jewish and going to Lunacon, Shabbos will begin at 6:45 pm. Great if you need to get to the con and want extra time. Not so great if you were counting on being at that 8 pm panel. Or if your concert was scheduled for 7 pm because it was start after Shabbos was over.

This change in the law happened rather quietly, and I can't understand why Congress thought it was necessary. The global economy and the Internet are going on 24/7 and I don't think we use electricity the same way we did thirty years ago. But this seems to be Congress' way of pretending they did something to save energy.

Comments

[piemancer]

I don't think we use electricity the same way we did thirty years ago.
YES. YES YES YES. This is the argument i tend to use against Daylight "savings" time.

That and the one that it makes me crabby. I think it's in the nation's best interest to keep me from being crabyy.

[braider.livejournal.com]

I work for the power company. We've got a task force to make sure none of our computer systems to Bad Things because of this. When I complained to someone on said task force, she said that because of the the patterns of power usage based on when people are home v. when they are at work, this will actually significantly reduce the amount of power used - hence reducing the amounts of fossil fuel burned. According to a plethora of studies done, the result should be a positive impact on the environment.