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RetiredNavyGSCS Champion Author Mobile Posts:17,995 Points:2,681,520 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 5:02:19 AM Ignore RetiredNavyGSCS Report Abuse We need to get a national grassroots push going to keep Daylight Saving Time and get rid of the Daylight Standard Time (sic?) which will revert back on 04 Nov. Could we tie this in to gas prices? That's open for debate. But, would like to keep the Daylight Saving a permanent thing. Any thoughts?

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We need to get a national grassroots push going to keep Daylight Saving Time and get rid of the Daylight Standard Time (sic?) which will revert back on 04 Nov. Could we tie this in to gas prices? That's open for debate. But, would like to keep the Daylight Saving a permanent thing. Any thoughts?

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kishoreCA Champion Author Ventura Posts:3,129 Points:394,845 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 16, 2012 9:06:47 PM Ignore kishoreCA Report Abuse I have the habit of not changing times when the clock falls back, which needs manual change like microwave, my car etc.
bluenvoy Champion Author Nashville Posts:14,985 Points:1,878,615 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Mar 16, 2012 9:08:52 AM Ignore bluenvoy Report Abuse I have to change about 25 things every season. Clocks, watches, vehicles and a whole bunch of electronics and key pad timers.
OceanArcher Champion Author Mississippi Posts:5,718 Points:1,330,325 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 16, 2012 8:22:40 AM Ignore OceanArcher Report Abuse Time is such an arbitrary thing anyway. You could move to Arizona - they don't "spring forward and fall back".
MertieMan Champion Author Lexington Posts:14,798 Points:2,897,560 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 16, 2012 5:54:43 AM Ignore MertieMan Report Abuse I totally agree with you 100 percent. What is the use in going back to standard time for a small 4 month period. Leave the time the way it is now. We aren't saving anything but going to work in the darkness all of the time.
jes Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:16,175 Points:3,354,425 Joined:Jun 2003	Message Posted: Mar 16, 2012 3:59:53 AM Ignore jes Report Abuse Either have it one way or the other, then leave it alone.
RetiredNavyGSCS Champion Author Mobile Posts:17,995 Points:2,681,520 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 8:44:03 PM Ignore RetiredNavyGSCS Report Abuse @jcpatriots and Gas_Buddy: Really? Are you that bothered by this? I will move this topic over to the Off Topic forum because I don't want to upset the apple cart and certainly don't want to ruin the sacred General Gas Talk forum. :( But, to answer your questions, and if you study the history of DST, yes we could tie this in to gas/oil prices. How? Call it what you will, but the history of DST started because of energy usage. It goes back during WWI. In fact, on January 4, 1974, President Nixon signed into law the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973. Then, beginning on January 6, 1974, implementing the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act, clocks were set ahead. On October 5, 1974, Congress amended the Act, and Standard Time returned on October 27, 1974. Daylight Saving Time resumed on February 23, 1975 and ended on October 26, 1975. Regardless, I moved it so there should be no more whining. Hey Bussy: Rookie? ]History of Daylight Savings Time [Edited by: RetiredNavyGSCS at 3/15/2012 9:49:35 PM EST]
jono0143 Champion Author Orange County Posts:2,553 Points:450,060 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 6:47:02 PM Ignore jono0143 Report Abuse End daylight saving time
jcpatriots Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,903 Points:601,195 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 2:41:26 PM Ignore jcpatriots Report Abuse @GBMAX: You live in Phoenix, so you don't even have to worry about it, anyway.
GBMAX Champion Author Phoenix Posts:4,659 Points:1,902,580 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 2:39:11 PM Ignore GBMAX Report Abuse End daylight saving time permanently.
jcpatriots Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,903 Points:601,195 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 2:19:43 PM Ignore jcpatriots Report Abuse I assume you're joking about the "tying gas prices in with Daylight Savings Time". Regardless, this is in the wrong section.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,984 Points:3,036,015 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 1:31:28 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse You're asking "Could we tie this in to gas prices?" and then say "That's open for debate. I'm not sure how this is a General Gas Talk issue, which is general talk about fuel, oil, gas stations, etc., but maybe you can start by telling us how it can be tied in to gas prices, or what about gas prices and Daylight Savings Time is debatable. Maybe this issue you're trying to make is that you don't like switching the clock, but if it is you haven't said why you don't like the twice-yearly time changes. (I have my reasons for not liking it, and for thinking that there should be one time zone east of the Mississippi and one west of the Mississippi, but that's another issue). Can you explain how you're relating time changes and gas prices?
cheap2010skate Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,806 Points:635,535 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 1:22:05 PM Ignore cheap2010skate Report Abuse I prefer to end the time changes altogether. Any energy loss or savings will even out in the course of a year.
Susieq60 All-Star Author Columbus Posts:969 Points:128,915 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 1:10:39 PM Ignore Susieq60 Report Abuse Daylight savings time year round would be a good idea I think
kookiwoogi Champion Author Indiana Posts:7,753 Points:2,775,965 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 12:43:13 PM Ignore kookiwoogi Report Abuse I thought that daylight savings time started during World War II so they could save electricity. Now it is to get an extra hour of daylight in the evening. It is hard living on the time change line. In the summer, it is daylight till 10pm.
PatAZ Champion Author Tucson Posts:9,253 Points:122,460 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 10:26:20 AM Ignore PatAZ Report Abuse My thoughts are no. We don't have it here and I'm glad. [Edited by: PatAZ at 3/15/2012 11:26:59 AM EST]
Grannyjv Rookie Author Riverside Posts:21 Points:27,805 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 10:01:02 AM Ignore Grannyjv Report Abuse Useless! Just stop it!
fatfed Champion Author San Antonio Posts:2,875 Points:478,365 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 8:40:40 AM Ignore fatfed Report Abuse We do not need daylight savings time it does not save a thing according to the latest study
NickoliMB Champion Author Manitoba Posts:2,518 Points:473,205 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 8:31:29 AM Ignore NickoliMB Report Abuse Nice to have time after work in the daylight to get things done.
kxy4fw Champion Author Denver Posts:1,226 Points:275,355 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 8:19:56 AM Ignore kxy4fw Report Abuse I'm OK either way.
Dale Jr. Champion Author Illinois Posts:16,239 Points:3,239,000 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 8:02:19 AM Ignore Dale Jr. Report Abuse Time to get rid of daylight savings.
BUSSY Champion Author Dallas Posts:9,917 Points:1,543,440 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 7:48:28 AM Ignore BUSSY Report Abuse Wrong forum rookie
Boyrr Champion Author Allentown Posts:15,188 Points:3,165,770 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 5:14:09 AM Ignore Boyrr Report Abuse duh?