Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 15 hours agoHow the sunrise and sunset times would be affected by abolishing daylight saving time in the USA. Would you prefer to keep it or drop it?files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down16
arrow-up181arrow-down1imageHow the sunrise and sunset times would be affected by abolishing daylight saving time in the USA. Would you prefer to keep it or drop it?files.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squarelengaulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-27 hours agoYep, which leads us to the natural conclusion that noon on the clock should roughly equate to solar noon, year round.
minus-squareOpisek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThe Romans’ did that as a naturally consequence of using sun dials for timekeeping. Hours were also shorter during winter. I think that would be a nice system to have.
minus-squarelengaulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-227 minutes agoYou can get DST on a sundial. Just rotate it 15 degrees so sunrise is at 7
Yep, which leads us to the natural conclusion that noon on the clock should roughly equate to solar noon, year round.
The Romans’ did that as a naturally consequence of using sun dials for timekeeping. Hours were also shorter during winter. I think that would be a nice system to have.
You can get DST on a sundial. Just rotate it 15 degrees so sunrise is at 7