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86560SEL · #16 10-30-2006, 11:29 PM

Yep, you are right... it also has to do with how far "east-west" you are in a certain time zone. If you are in the western part of the eastern time zone- then you get more light in the evening. Someone mentioned "dark at 4:30". That is the case for many areas in the "eastern" part of a time zone- especially the northeastern part of a time zone. Luckily for me (since I like the extra light in th evening), we are in the southeast and in the western part of the eastern time zone- so the earliest we get dark is about 5:30pm in its shortest stage. In the summer- we are light until a little after 9pm.

I think that some parts of the northeast (in the eastern part - like Maine), it gets dark around 4pm. I would go nuts.

To update... I looked up Caribou, Maine's sunset for Tuesday and it is 4:18 pm.... and I thought our 5:36pm sunset on the same day was bad.

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Originally Posted by Botnst

Changes in latitude, chages in latitude.

Farther south this daylight savings thing ain't so bad since the amplitude of the daylength is less. The farther north you go, the greater the differences between seasons, hence the twice-yeary whine from the north.

GermanStar · #17 10-30-2006, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 86560SEL

I think that other than Indiana, that parts of AZ (in the Navajo nations) that they stay on standard times), as well as the adjacent areas of CO, UT and NM- near the 4-corners region.....

All of Arizona and Hawaii stay on standard time.

86560SEL · #18 10-30-2006, 11:30 PM

Oh... thanks Germanstars.... I was thinking it was only parts of the state.

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Originally Posted by GermanStar

All of Arizona and Hawaii stay on standard time.

cmac2012 · #19 10-31-2006, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by BigPoppaBenz

I'm not a fan. I would rather lose another hour in the fall to allow for more light at night. I hate it when it gets dark at 4:30.

I hate it too. When I used to drive cab night shift, on my days off during the winter, I'd get out of bed at around 2 pm and it would be dark before I knew it.

They (we) tried staying with DST all year back during the Carter admin. - energy crisis, we'll save energy, like, DUH...

But then you had kids waiting for the school bus in the dark.

I move we split the differnce. Move the clocks 1/2 hour forward and leave them there from now on.

t walgamuth · #20 10-31-2006, 08:31 AM

ok by me.

tom w

cscmc1 · #21 10-31-2006, 09:05 AM

I read somewhere that well over half of IN's drive-in theaters closed after DST was implemented, too. The movies were starting too late (after dark) and business just died off to nothing. That's too bad!

Mistress · #22 10-31-2006, 12:57 PM

This time change is messing with my dungeon.....Mistress is waking up at 4:30 her body says it's 5:30 but not the clock...

suginami · #23 10-31-2006, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mistress

This time change is messing with my dungeon.....Mistress is waking up at 4:30 her body says it's 5:30 but not the clock...

Yep, me too. I've been waking up at 4:30 a.m. every morning since the time change, but the problem is that I'm going to bed late.

t walgamuth · #24 10-31-2006, 05:54 PM

this morning i woke up at the right time.

seems too quick to actually be all adjusted.

tom w

rs899 · #25 10-31-2006, 09:30 PM

tom

You will get used to it. The time zone line that goes by IN is in a weird place. IN really should be in Central time, IMO. But when I used to live there (IUB grad school) I enjoyed the set up the way it was- always EST.

Rick

djugurba · #26 10-31-2006, 10:42 PM

not to ssssssplit hairs, but it is Daylight SAVING time, not Daylight SAVINGS time. I've heard national news anchors get it wrong...

t walgamuth · #27 10-31-2006, 11:00 PM

yeah, we are on new york time.

it seems like we would be more appropriately on chicago time.

but nobody asked me.

tom w

Lycoming-8 · #28 11-04-2006, 02:05 AM

Tom W.

Years ago when I lived in Cincy, the line between EST and CST was the Ohio / Indiana border. Then later on I believe the line moved over into Indiana and was a ragged thing depending on which way each county wanted to go. Sounds like they have moved it all the way over to Ind / Ill now. Bottom line is, I always thought we had the best situation in Cincy being so far west in our time zone. When I went to grad school in Champaign Ill it was really bad to have winter street lites on at 4:15 in the afternoon!!! Hated that. Here in NE Okla it is close enough to west end of CST that it works well for me, however I would prefer to be on Daylite saving time year round and forget Daylite wasting time!!

t walgamuth · #29 11-04-2006, 10:32 PM

yeah, that would be fine with me too. daylight savings year round.

i am getting used to it now though.

but today it was really wierd. we both slept til about 815. that would be 915 on the old time. so i cant figure what gives.

tom w