Because while the sun is up it’s extraordinarily hot and the UV is high. The more north you go, the hotter it is in the evenings and the less it makes sense.
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SituationCake@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I enjoy the longer evenings in Summer and having the sun up at and earlier clock in winter. I’m not sure why some people hate it so much. Most people have smart phones and electronic calendars that update automatically and everything just works, no input needed. A genuine question for people who don’t like it, why not? What specifically is bothersome?
kerr@aussie.zone 5 months ago
SituationCake@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Yeah but I’m in Melbourne so it’s good to have evening daylight. I think because Australia is so huge the effect of DLS is very different across the latitude. It’s good in the southern states.
exocrinous@startrek.website 5 months ago
Because without sunlight it’s harder to wake up, and because I run an international D&D game. Also, DST is a nightmare for programmers.
Why do you want to get up in the wee hours of the morning in winter? Winter is already miserable enough with enough cold to make the world outside the covers terrifying and no sun at 6AM. You’re just making winter more unbearable.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I think you misunderstand daylight savings? Setting the clock back means daylight happens earlier in winter. For example, in Melbourne tomorrow sunrise will be at 6:40am. If we were still on daylight savings time, it would be at 7:40am, so still dark when a lot of people are getting up to go to work and commuting. And due to the way the earths orbit works, sunrise will get progressively later until the winter solstice. I definitely prefer having the winter sunrise earlier, so am happy the clocks go back to regular time. And in Summer, it’s nice to have the extra daylight in the evening instead of crazy early.
exocrinous@startrek.website 5 months ago
Well, that makes daylight savings sound nicer, but a consistent time is still more important to me. My partners live in places with daylight savings and the adjustment always causes misery for everyone.
MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Evenings are the exact same length regardless of where you set your clock. Thinking DST gives you extra time is the same as someone who sets their clock fast so they have extra time to get ready for work. It just doesn’t make sense to trick yourself. If you want a longer evening then talk to your employer about it.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Of course it doesn’t generate extra time, there’s still 24 hours a day. What is does is adjust for the earths orbit and tilt, which means that seasonally we can have daylight during the regular working hours. The nice consequence is that there is more daylight hours in the evening. You must have a very generous employer who lets you change your working hours based on the seasons when you want to do evenings activities!