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on Saturday April 06 2019, @05:11PM
from the Everybody-Talks-About-It,-And-Finally-Somebody-Is-Doing-Something-About-It dept.
from the Everybody-Talks-About-It,-And-Finally-Somebody-Is-Doing-Something-About-It dept.
The Oregon Senate has passed a bill establishing permanent Daylight Saving Time in the state, and the Governor has signaled she supports the effort. If it passes the House (and possibly the US Congress, it is a bit ambiguous to me), it could end the semi-annual resetting of clocks which causes so much annoyance and increase of injury and deaths.
Personally speaking, I'd rather it settled on permanent Standard time than Daylight time, but as long as it is steady I think it's better than the current regime.
See also:
Texas efforts: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/03/05/1413228
Europe's efforts: http://fortune.com/2019/03/26/european-union-parliament-daylight-saving-time/
Mandatory XKCD: https://www.xkcd.com/1268/
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Oregon Senate Passes Bill for Permanent Daylight Saving Time
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @07:05PM (1 child)
FYI here is the sunrise data for Portland Oregon:
Winter solstice: Sunrise: 7:47 AM PST, Sunset: 4:29 PM PST, Duration: 8:42
Summer Solstice: Sunrise: 5:21 AM PDT, Sunset: 9:03 PM PDT, Duration: 15:41
So, under DST all year long, the sun won't rise until 8:47 in the morning and set until 5:30.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Saturday April 06 2019, @11:38PM
So kids get extra daylight after school. Great.