Posted by
Andrews on Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:33:55 AM
You cannot create daylight, changing the clock does not change reality. The amount of daylight and darkness is a physical constant, and enacting all the laws you want does not change it one second. All it does is annoy people and ruin schedules.
In case you can't tell, I am not a fan of daylight savings. Given that people regularly rise before sunrise and stay up well past sunset, I can't see that it does anything beneficial. On the other hand, it does give congress the impression they can control time itself, so I doubt it will ever go away, no matter how little purpose it serves, other than throwing off our internal clocks twice a year.