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markpkessinger

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25. Yes, but the difference is significant . . .

Reply to mike_c (Reply #20)

Tue Nov 8, 2022, 05:17 PM

Nov 2022

. . . Staying on standard time is one thing. Staying year round on Daylight saving time -- we tried that in 1974. I was in the 7th grade, and during the winter, it would be pitch black out when I arrived at school at 8 a.m. -- didn't get light out until close to 9 a.m.!

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No, Congress Didn't Permanently End Daylight Saving Time in Early 2022 [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 OP

I thought they were making daylight savings time permanent? iemanja Nov 2022 #1

Passed the Senate, not on the active calendar in House SCantiGOP Nov 2022 #2

Right, but . . . markpkessinger Nov 2022 #22

I think the Senate bill would make it permanent SCantiGOP Nov 2022 #28

Why was it stalled in the House? Polybius Nov 2022 #3

Because it passed almost by accident in the Senate? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2022 #5

God forbid we ever go into permanent Standard Time Polybius Nov 2022 #6

I would love it! rurallib Nov 2022 #11

Why though? Polybius Nov 2022 #12

yep for one thing rurallib Nov 2022 #14

Fair enough Polybius Nov 2022 #15

Yeah, but you could get a round of golf in before work. JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2022 #23

Some of us are old enough to remember when we stayed on Daylight Savings Time in 1974 . . . markpkessinger Nov 2022 #24

I know people confused by this and insisted it had happened. Renew Deal Nov 2022 #4

Heard somewhere, NPR maybe Xavier Breath Nov 2022 #7

Yes, it was NPR. GoCubsGo Nov 2022 #10

I humbly suggest we move the clock ahead 1/2 hour and leave it rurallib Nov 2022 #13

Why are they even making that a question??? efn media LiberalFighter Nov 2022 #8

Arizona is on permanent daylight savings and I love it mike_c Nov 2022 #9

I thought Arizona was on permanent Mountain Standard Time rurallib Nov 2022 #16

Arizona is more in the "standard" time zone than daylight savings muriel_volestrangler Nov 2022 #18

yes, but my point is that it does not change when the time changes... mike_c Nov 2022 #20

So it's on permanent standard time muriel_volestrangler Nov 2022 #21

Yes, but the difference is significant . . . markpkessinger Nov 2022 #25

Yes, but the difference is significant . . . markpkessinger Nov 2022 #26

Back in the 50s here in Iowa each county chose daylight or standard time for the summer rurallib Nov 2022 #17

I much prefer STANDARD time. nattyice Nov 2022 #19

MSN is confused . . . markpkessinger Nov 2022 #27