It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
The Senate unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which, if approved by the House and signed by the president, would make Daylight SavingT time permanent. So, in November 2023, Daylight Savings Time would be the new Standard Time.
"Pardon the pun, but this is an idea whose time has come," Reuters reported Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who introduced the proposal, said. "I know this is not the most important issue confronting America, but it's one of those issues where there's a lot of agreement."
originally posted by: IAMTAT
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
Daylight Savings may turn out to be the only savings any of us have left.
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
so how about not changing it at all?
What is accomplished by going to permanent day light savings time?
Talk about useless legislation...
I hate it being daylight at 9PM!
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
Holy crap! The Senate actually did something both useful & good!!!
originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
IMVHO we should not ever, ever move the clocks.
I really, really, REALLY am not a fan of DST!!!!!!
I hate it being daylight at 9PM!
originally posted by: theatreboy
The natives I met growing around here had a saying I loved:
Only the white man will cut a foot of blanket off the top of the blanket and sew it to the bottom, to make the blanket longer.
originally posted by: schuyler
originally posted by: theatreboy
The natives I met growing around here had a saying I loved:
Only the white man will cut a foot of blanket off the top of the blanket and sew it to the bottom, to make the blanket longer.
Did they really, or is that just as made up as Chief Seattle seeing the buffalo? Nobody HAS EVER SAID that Daylight Savings would make the day longer. What they SAID is that it would shift the daylight hours to give more light in the evening. Which it does. And what this change will do if it goes through is BREAK very single automated thermostat in the country that has the time change built in. Not to mention a lot of cars and other machinery. I guarantee you if this goes through there will be millions of people bitching when they finally figure out what all this means.