I really dislike Daylight savings time -Its pitch black when I go out for work in the morning, and then stays light till 8pm... What is the purpose for it? Also why did it get lengthened this year?
2007-03-12 12:46:01 · 15 answers · asked by VL 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
it's to make the day start when the sun comes up (or a little before). people like to go out and shop in the daylight (spend $$$)
in 2005 bush decided it would help the economy if we made it earlier. this is it's first year and its going to be permanent... well until they change it again..
2007-03-12 12:52:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The idea is to save energy, by providing daylight in the evening when people are more likely to be active than early in the morning. The lengthening is due to a law that Congress passed in 2005.
2007-03-12 12:49:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For a while, most people conducted their business by the movement of the sun, and a day always just took place during the light hours. When real clocks became widespread in the 1800's, it became obvious that the hours of daylight were shifting around the set time the clocks gave out. Daylight Savings Time is just an attempt to get our clocks closer to the movements of the sun.
It's always a bit of an extreme transtition just after the switch, but it will get better.
2007-03-12 12:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's so that the extra daylight in summer is not wasted when most people are still in bed asleep in the early morning, but is available in the evening when they are at leisure.
It also saves energy for the same reason.
Too bad for those who have to start work very early though.
2007-03-12 17:08:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you ever find the answer to this plz let me know. If there is 10 hours daylight in one day how can you extend it by changing the clock ? Thats up to the sun and the earth turning. Gets me. Let me know. A lot of people say above to give us extra daylight but you cant do that it is up to the solar system.
2007-03-12 14:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Daylight Savings times was established during WWi so that people would go to sleep earlier, using less fuel in gas lamps so that the fuel could be used in the war effort
2007-03-12 12:50:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The feds are hoping to have 1% of savings on electrical each additional day of daylight savings time.
2007-03-12 12:48:56 · answer #7 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that's the government's way of coming up you arise in the previous. In summer time it gets easy in the previous interior the morning and once you're nevertheless sound asleep you're "dropping sunlight hours". you ought to use that sunlight hours to do stuff without wanting electric powered lighting fixtures furnishings. in case you sleep previous due then you certainly will stay wakeful previous due and use extra electric powered lighting fixtures furnishings interior the night.
2016-10-18 05:38:37 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so as to give us an extra hour of daylight during the summer months.
2007-03-12 13:27:45 · answer #9 · answered by TOM 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because somewhere there is a farmer who's life is slightly easier because he can conserve extra daylight. Of course he could just get up earlier...
2007-03-12 12:49:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋