Originally when the States was an agricultural society, it may have been more important to tie it to the school year to best utilize family child labor. As our current DST is set-up it starts about 4-6 weeks before most schools let out and ends 4-6 weeks after kids return. I agree with Mark that it would make a lot more sense to tie DST to the summer solstice and run DST Feb-Nov or year round. Most people I know would rather have the extra hour in the evening than morning.
Thad Weakley
42.2N 83.8W (aka Ann Arbor, Michigan USA)
Mark Gingrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mark Gingrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Douglas Hunt asked:
> Can any of the USA-based members of this mailing-list confirm if there are
> any proposals currently being considered by your "Congress", to change the
> 'Daylight-Saving Time' period of each year - which is April to October, at
> the moment, but may be extended to cover the months of March to November ?
Yes, the U.S. Congress is presently discussing whether to extend DST from
the first Sunday in March to the last Sunday in November -- an increase
in the duration of DST by about two months. See the following short
article that appeared in the _San Francisco Chronicle_ on 9 April:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/09/MNGCUC5RCV1.DTL
Either way, I still don't understood why our DST period is not centered
on the June solstice.
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Mark Gingrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Leandro, California
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