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posted by martyb on Saturday April 06 2019, @05:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the Everybody-Talks-About-It,-And-Finally-Somebody-Is-Doing-Something-About-It dept.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon/articles/2019-04-04/oregon-senate-oks-permanent-daylight-saving-time

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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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday April 06 2019, @07:19PM (4 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday April 06 2019, @07:19PM (#825476)

    Should, sure... now, convince 200 million people to agree - on anything, really, much less something they have to do twice a year that affects when they roll out of bed and how late the sun stays up after work.

    How about we eliminate DST and demand flexible work and school hours, so we can change when we go to work in the morning and come home in the afternoon? This B.S. of having the roads jammed to a standstill from 7am through 9am, and virtually empty until 4pm through 6pm is an utter waste of resources. If "work" had core hours from 10am until 3pm, Tuesday through Thursday, and people could put in their weekly 40 as they choose around those, not only would they work happier and more productive, they'd also have 50% of their working time not peppered with meetings.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @07:24PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @07:24PM (#825480)

    Depends on the job, of course. Most places I've worked, are flexible a few hours either way.

    I've just casually come in at 5am or 11am, whatever feels best, and worked my 8.

    But my job isn't 'public facing'. You're in a different bind if you're serving the public.... eg, if the store is only open 9 to 6.

    The other problem is, lots of folks want to be home to see their kids. That means, they want to leave work close to when school is out.... so for this sort, you can shift a bit, but...

    And lastly, the social aspect. People want weekends off, because friends have weekends off. They want nights off, because friends have them off....

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @08:36PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @08:36PM (#825501)

    now, convince 200 million people to agree - on anything

    What's the other 127 million, chopped liver?

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday April 07 2019, @03:04AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 07 2019, @03:04AM (#825613) Journal

      Lemme guess: not at the voting age or in prisons? (large grin)

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @09:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @09:59PM (#825958)

      What's the other 127 million, chopped liver?

      Ineligible to vote. Perhaps not a citizen, or of voting age, or registered to vote, or lost their right to vote due to a conviction. There are probably a few other possibilities as well.