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President Trump recently tweeted that he was okay with the idea of making Daylight Saving Time permanent.  What is your opinion on this?

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Vicki E
Vicki E
4 years ago

NO!!!! I am in Arizona. We do NOT change our clocks and we do NOT WANT to start. Either leave as is, or better yet, get rid of Daylight Savings!

F. K. Hart
F. K. Hart
4 years ago

Just do it….States should just IGNORE FEDERAL LAW like they have done on Marijuana Laws!!!

F. K. Hart
F. K. Hart
4 years ago

States should just do it!!! Just ignore Federal Law….. That’s what we have done on Marijuana and time change is much less harmful!

Russell Mawson
Russell Mawson
4 years ago

I am for the next time shift move it 30 minutes than leave it there

ina perry
ina perry
4 years ago

I would venture to think that there is confusion between the two. Daylight savings is when we tamper with the natural clock. Time adjusts itself with the change of seasons. Leave things on STANDARD TIME and let nature work naturally.

Nancy Archer
Nancy Archer
4 years ago

they tried daylight saving time all year back in the70’s IT DID NOT WORK

Susan P
Susan P
4 years ago

I believe in the accuracy of the meme of the old Native American that says “only the white man would think he could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom and get a longer blanket”. DST is idiotic! If you want more daylight after work, then adjust your work schedule. Switching time twice a year is disruptive to everyone’s system. It causes disorientation for several days. There is nothing wrong with noon being when the sun is at its apex in the sky. Personally, my entire life stays disrupted from the day DST starts until the day it ends. Now, that they have extended the time on DST, I thank Heaven that I am retired and don’t have to conform to the time change every day; only when I have appointments or other reasons to be forced to that time schedule. I vote for NEVER using DST again, ever for any reason. Let nature rule the time of day. We will all be healthier and happier in the long run.

Lyle
Lyle
4 years ago

P.S. I wonder how everyone else finds time to answer these polls and leave comment? I’m retired and still don’t find enough time to do everything on my plate. I want to do so much more than the day is long. Like some have rightly said, changing the clock doesn’t add or subtract any time from the length of our days.

Lyle
Lyle
4 years ago

I learned some things by reading other’s comments (ha, took a while). LIke many, I favor sticking to a permanent time all year, rather than switching back and forth. I think it is less confusing for all states in a time zone to be on the same time clock. Since there are advantages to both ST and DST at any given time of the year, depending
where one lives, in what occupation one works, whether retired, children in school, and so forth, I agree with those who favor keeping Standard Time year round everywhere, and let those who need (or want) the advantages of DST to decide for themselves to start their day one hour earlier, whether business, or government agency, or individual, etc. If the entire continental USA used a single time zone (as I understand China does) and chose Central Std Time nationwide, people and businesses on the east coast might start their day at 7 AM and the west coast would start their day at 10 AM (because the sun comes up later) and it would not get dark until 12 AM by the clock.

Corbin L Douthitt
Corbin L Douthitt
4 years ago

I don’t know if there is a valid augment for or against DST..but, I think people object to the change. Set it one way and stay there.

Jerry
Jerry
4 years ago

Daylight saving time—YES!— Gives me time to get things done in the evening.

James A. Lowrie
James A. Lowrie
5 years ago

It’s an invasion!!!!!

Chloe
Chloe
5 years ago

Absolutely! I wish it would be made permenant!

Martin Strom
Martin Strom
5 years ago

Whatever just leave it one way or the other

Ty M Morgan
Ty M Morgan
5 years ago

Our President has way more things to worry about than making daylight savings time permanent.

shirley mannon
shirley mannon
5 years ago

Would be ok with me

Fritz Beiermeister
Fritz Beiermeister
5 years ago

There is a legitimate reason to keep the system as it is. Michigan is on the western side of Eastern Standard. Staying on ‘Savings Time’ school kids would be waiting for buses in the dead of darkness in winter months. In summer our evenings after work would be significantly reduced without ‘Savings Time’. Start and quit times could be adjusted but that would present its onset of issues.

Robert McCoy
Robert McCoy
5 years ago

Voted unsure. Closest to I don’t care. Helluva lot more to concern ourselves with than DST.

LN Patton
LN Patton
5 years ago

We should stay on standard time, since it stays so dark in the mornings, and more and more kids are being hit by cars, because the kids go to school so early. And the tempature highs are not till 5 pm, and lows are at 8 am;(

Michael Hilton
Michael Hilton
5 years ago

I — like many others — change the batteries in my smoke detectors when daylight savings time is switched on or off. Expect more dangerous fires if it (DST) is discarded. A truly dangerous result…
I’m not too serious about this…

Dragon
Dragon
5 years ago

I don’t sleep well during PST, but I do during PDT. I’ve said for years, and will continue to say for many more (hopefully), put it on Daylight Savings and leave it.

Gail McWilliams
Gail McWilliams
5 years ago

I voted for keeping Daylight Savings, but I’m good with Standard time as well… just pick one and STAY with it.

Andrea Marcum
Andrea Marcum
5 years ago

We need to stick with one time and leave it, the time change is/was for farmers but if they have to get up early let them set an alarm clock.

Pat Seaberry
Pat Seaberry
5 years ago

Keep daylight savings time!

Ron Hylton
Ron Hylton
5 years ago

Daylight savings time

Tony
Tony
5 years ago

Maybe N. Korea needs daylight savings, a night time satellite pic will show their need, but we have electricity! Our bodies and brains need to follow the natural movement of the earth. Get rid of the twice a year headache, NOW! my apologies to my hero Ben Franklin!

Dawn
Dawn
5 years ago

Thought it was adhered to for the sake of our midwestern farmers…..maybe they are the ones who should decide if it is beneficial.

T Clay
T Clay
5 years ago

Just decide already.

CarolA
CarolA
5 years ago

Daylight Savings time is our preference. HighSchool kids are waiting for pick up in the dark anyway. They too prefer DST so they have more light at the end of the day!

Georgia Rich
Georgia Rich
5 years ago

Daylight saving time is totally useless even does damage to some people. Should do away with it.

Charles Carlton
Charles Carlton
5 years ago

I agree it should be one way or the other! I would prefer it be left in daylight savings time.

Cathrine Harrington
Cathrine Harrington
5 years ago

Standard time

goPoli
goPoli
5 years ago

so why is this a federal issue? Some businesses start at 7 AM rather than 8, others start at 6 AM, and some even start at 9, and as some mentioned working hours can change with the season. Again, why do we want fedgov to regulate this?

Sue
Sue
5 years ago

We had kept daylight savings time though out the winter one year and a dangerous situation ensued with school kids waiting for their morning buses in the dark. ?

Jack
Jack
5 years ago

Yes, Yes, a thousand times YES! Why do we “save” daylight in the summer when it is abundant and then waste daylight in the winter. It never made sense to me.

Bill Merrigan
Bill Merrigan
5 years ago

I live in Massachusetts ,Winter is boreing and depressing at this age I think we all can do better with less dark dreary days so I’m with the POTUS.

Bill Kolesar
Bill Kolesar
5 years ago

I’m an early riser and an early to bed person. Daylight savings time discriminates against us early risers and those who want it dark earlier. I’m for standard time 12 months a year.

Patt Boulieri
Patt Boulieri
5 years ago

I taught preschoolers for 16 years and changi g the time twice a year was horrible for these kids. Stick with standard time or change after school dismissal for the summer and change back before school resumes in the fall. In all honesty the only people who need DST are the golfers.

WILLIAM V
WILLIAM V
5 years ago

We can maintain and control each of are own lives regardless of when the sun rises or sets. Leave the time alone at standard Pacific time.

CliffC
CliffC
5 years ago

I remember the huge fuss made the last time this was done when parents were sending their small kids off to school in the dark. Why not stay on standard time and encourage businesses to adjust hours to their preferences.

Michael Walls
Michael Walls
5 years ago

“The idea of daylight saving was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin” – back before electric lighting. It was dangerous to venture out after dark back then. On a new moon, with no street lights, it was easy to get lost, and/or mugged in pitch-darkness!

And as my ‘Eastern Standard Time’ father always said – “it’s the same time in California, they just set their clocks different!”

FrankS
FrankS
5 years ago

Want more natural light? Get up earlier.
I don’t particularly care for the DST “spring forward” change, but always liked the “fall back”… but since we are no longer an agrarian society it does make sense to choose one or the other.. I have no strong preference either way, but Standard time makes the most sense.
Then again, why don’t we move to a more GLOBAL timekeeping system… like GMT

JD Bordelon
JD Bordelon
5 years ago

Prefer Standard time to this out dated daylight saving time, but either way whichever one we stay with STOP switching it is outdated and unnecessary to switch in this modern electronic age

IAIN HARGIS
IAIN HARGIS
5 years ago

its great in the summer but in the winter here by chicago it will get dark at 3:30 in the dead of winter while we are trying to shovel the driveway before dark (now) it would be drive home in the dark do shopping in the dark shovel snow in the dark,God Bless everyone here

Adrienne
Adrienne
5 years ago

I hated it when I lived in CA and it was pitch black by 4:30 pm. DST was a dumb idea to begin with and should be abolished.

Adrienne
Adrienne
5 years ago

I hated it when I lived in CA and it was pitch black at 4:30 pm. DST was a dumb idea anyway and should be abolished.

Earl Ferguson
Earl Ferguson
5 years ago

Let ’em hit the floor an hour before if it’s daylight that they choose*
* Note: Re Grandpa Jones, ca 1955

charlie m.
charlie m.
5 years ago

My best time of day is in the mornings. an extra daylight hour in the P.M. is a waste for me.

Donnie Kelley
Donnie Kelley
5 years ago

Make Standard Time Permanent. I agree with Marlene Williams’ ecplanation.

Susan P
Susan P
5 years ago

My body NEVER adjusts to Daylight Savings Time. So, I am out of sync most of the year. Only during the Winter when there is no DST am I comfortable with the time being what it is. The rest of the year is a major struggle. Stick with Standard Time all year around!

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