Originally Posted by
Steely Dan
i love daylight saving!
without it, the sun would rise at 4:15 in the morning on the summer solstice in chicago because of the city's location at the extreme eastern edge of the central time zone.
no one needs the sun to rise at 4:15am. 5:15am is early enough as it is with DST.
Honestly, I doubt that anyone would notice what time the sun rose at the summer solstice no matter whether we were on standard or daylight savings time. We really don't care that much during summer...or I should say that our natural internal clock doesn't care.
But in March, it makes a huge difference. That's why the change in so jarring at both ends of daylight savings time. In March, we are just getting used to the natural cycle with the morning light just about right for us to wake up when all of a sudden we plunge ourselves back to the middle of February.