Daylight Savings Time in Oklahoma

[ctchandler]

I knew you woulr recognize "Zed." I sorta wish it was part of our culture, too.

I never did get used to Alpha and Bravo; in the late 50s I took part in MARS, The Military Amateur Radio Service, and we had to use the new alphabet to identify ourselves and Juliet and Kilo both bothered me greatly!

Jim,
Why does Julier and Kilo bother you?
C. T.

[Zorba]

Jim,
Why does Julier and Kilo bother you?
C. T.

Because Romeo is supposed to be next to Juliet, silly. Kilo is nothing but a home wrecker

[jompster]

Doesn't Oklahoma have more important things to worry about than this? Seriously, of all things... But really, DST is better. I'm all for more daylight in the evening.

[stick47]

I'm all for more daylight in the evening.

Yes today I think most will agree with that but growing up in the 50s when we had no A/C it wasn't so great. Most summer nights my family would sit outside until 11pm or so when it was finally cool enough to go to bed.

[ctchandler]

Doesn't Oklahoma have more important things to worry about than this? Seriously, of all things... But really, DST is better. I'm all for more daylight in the evening.

Jompster,
Of course we have more important things to worry about. That's why this thread is grouped under "Current Events and Open Topic".
C. T.

[jompster]

Jompster,
Of course we have more important things to worry about. That's why this thread is grouped under "Current Events and Open Topic".
C. T.

I meant as a state in general. It astounds me that our lawmakers can't find something better to regulate. I guess that's part of government, though.

Stick47, that sounds like an awful lot of misery!

[Zorba]

I meant as a state in general. It astounds me that our lawmakers can't find something better to regulate. I guess that's part of government, though.

Stick47, that sounds like an awful lot of misery!

To be fair, the bill only has one sponsor, so I doubt there is much traction. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if it was some Bundy local > state type bill and has more to do with showing we can do what we want as opposed to actually caring about the time. I know nothing about the sponsor, though, so who knows.

Personally, I say we should stick it to the feds by doing an ultra DST, and springing 2 hours forward.

[Tritone]

Sounds like I'm in the minority but I'm fine without DST. I was not pleased when "we" lengthened the portion of the year when it is in effect.

[OU Adonis]

Considering the majority of the world doesn't use it, I don't think the USA uses it either.

Why can't work hours change as the seasons change?

[stick47]

Since I don't think it has been posted;

When told the reason for daylight saving time an older Indian Chief said…
‘Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.’

[Zorba]

Again, I doubt that Indian chief had a boss telling him how that blanket had to be laid of the bed.

[Just the facts]

Do away with the time change but add in 3 more time zones on the 30 minute mark. Pennsacola and OKC shouldn't be the same time.

[ctchandler]

Do away with the time change but add in 3 more time zones on the 30 minute mark. Pennsacola and OKC shouldn't be the same time.

JTF,
Should Nashville, Tn., Birmingham, Al., and Montgomery, Al. be on the same time zone as OKC? They are further East than Pensacola. Actually, Nashville is borderline (pun intended) and I think they are just a tiny bit West of Pensacola. By the way, Australia has 30 minute time zones.
C. T.

[Zorba]

Do away with the time change but add in 3 more time zones on the 30 minute mark. Pennsacola and OKC shouldn't be the same time.

Is it really that big of a deal that the sun is overhead 30 minutes after noon in OKC? Or 10 minutes before noon in Nashville? The 6 time zones of the 50 states are already pretty annoying for scheduling across state lines.

[traxx]

Do away with the time change but add in 3 more time zones on the 30 minute mark. Pennsacola and OKC shouldn't be the same time.

More time zones still doesn't solve the issue of people sleeping through an hour of morning sunlight in the summer.

[billokc]

Here is the OKC sunrise/sunset time chart from NOAA. The times shown are Standard Time and are in the twenty-four hour format. Add one hour for DST. I don't really have a problem either way, but I believe many people who support dropping it would change their tune during the summer when it would get dark an hour earlier than what they've been used to all these years. I can see just one advantage to NOT using it during summer, but it's a ONE-TIME only event: Not having to wait so late for July 4th fireworks shows. Instead of 9:30 or 9:45, it would be 8:30 or 8:45 to get started.


Sun or Moon Rise/Set Table for One Year

[TU 'cane]

Another read:

Why America will never get rid of Daylight Saving Time - Quartz

I don't think Oklahoma (or even most of CT) should be lumped in with ET.

But, this isn't the first study/article I read that suggests Oklahoma should be in the same time zone as New York. For whatever reasons other than having two timezones allows for DST to be rid of.

[rezman]

Time to set set 'em forward and forget 'em.

[stick47]

They will get rid of it when we all have those clocks that change the time automatically twice a year. Then we'll have to buy new ones

[Uptowner]

A catch 22 from stick 47. Ba-zing. How about we change daylight savings around the other way so it doesn't get dark at 4:30 in November?

[stick47]

Plus It woulda been much more popular if they'd have had it where we spring forward an hour at, say, 3PM on a Friday afternoon.

[kwhey]

I prefer standard time.