Daylight saving time actually doesn't make sense.

Does any standard time make “sense”. There are three parts to this:

1. Should we go back to the same sort of clock (still used by Yidden to determine when to daven) based on sun time, roughly dividing the daylight into 12 hours (hour length varies during the year). The goyim switched a few centuries ago, at most.

2. Should we have time zones at all (they were introduced by the railroads in the 19th century). Before then Baltimore and New York would have different times – but before telecommunications no one cared.

3. The idea of daylight savings is not to “waste” the early morning daylight when everyone is sleeping and to move that daylight to evening when people are awake and about. Unless you are into a “Visikin” minyan, you probably get up at the same time regardless of whether it is dark out or not. If you don’t like daylight savings, or standard times, one can alway get up consistently at the same time regardless of government time (note that most people going to a Viskin minyan, get up roughly an hour before sunrise regardless of official times).

Rest assured that it helps no one, and that there is an increase

in traffic and workplace accidents for a week or so to boot.

One advantage of DST is that it gives stupid people a sense of accomplishment when they successfully change their clocks.

lesschumras- 25% increase is in average. So if an average day sees 1,000 heart attacks nationwide, Monday after DST sees 1,250. People traveling between time-zones are know to experience jet-lag and the stressful effects are well-documented as well.

LC: Sorry, I only read the article fully after posting (I vaguely remembered it from the past) so here’s some of the nitty gritty.

It’s only based off a small Michigan study. The rest of that same week heart attacks tapered off. And when we regain an hour, there are 21% less heart attacks that Tuesday. Basically, it’s the straw that breaks the camel’s back – for vulnerable people.

We Yidden believe that every moment of life matters, and it seems silly to intentionally increase stressful situations for such a huge percentage of the population, so in the grand scheme of things it’s bad government policy. Especially since emergency personnel may be understaffed/under equipped when heart attacks spike.

We’re also aware of the havoc it creates in our own lives, as children (and livestock for those it matters to) couldn’t care less what the clock says when it comes to sleep schedules.

Lol

I don’t have a problem with daylight savings – I actually like it. In fact I like it so much, I wish they would keep it year-round. My problem is withe the switching back in the fall.

I like the way the clock is set up during “daylights saving time”. I don’t like the way they set it up during the winter. I prefer that sunset be called 6:00 and not 5:00.

I also get up based on the son…

I’ve been 5 minutes late consistently since we changed the clocks.

It seems my trick is not the best idea.