The Senate passed a bill with broad bipartisan support in 2022 that would have made daylight saving time permanent instead.
  • SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    1 month ago

    This was on the docket to be voted on in 2023 (i think, could have been 2022) and it never made it to the floor. Why? His cronies. They just let it fall by the side, probably so they could do it now. I’m so sick and tired of this shit show if a govt. Failed fucking state.

    • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 month ago

      Any state can abolish DST on its own, some have already done so.

      There was a bill in Congress to put the entire country on permanent DST (which states can’t do on their own). It died because (a) some states don’t want permanent DST, and (b) doctors have found that permanent DST is less healthy than no DST.

      In fact, Congress already tried permanent DST briefly in the 70s. Some children were killed in early morning traffic accidents, schools responded by shifting their winter hours later, and the public generally turned against it.

  • chingadera@lemmy.world
    271·
    1 month ago

    Will y’all shut the fuck up and act like you don’t want this? You’re going to ruin it.

    We absolutely need to start protesting this so he makes it a priority.

    • shplane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Dang, I sure do love that Obama created daylight savings time. I hope it never goes away. Thanks Obama!

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
    231·
    1 month ago

    He was quoted out of context. He wants to separately eliminate daylight, savings, and time.

  • DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
    19·
    1 month ago

    Seeing a lot of talk on here about keeping Standard or DST.

    Oh my God for the love of all that’s holy just let them pick one!

    I don’t care if the sun comes up at 2:00am or 2:00pm or even if the sun fuckin’ sets at 12:00 noon. Just pick a time and stick with it. Holy shitsnax.

  • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    Probably the only good thing he’d ever do, look forward to seeing how they fuck it up.

  • 4grams@lemmy.world
    61·
    1 month ago

    I mean, I have no great love for DST, but I have no faith that they can do anything but completely fuck it up somehow. Whatever results will be at best, no measurable improvement, but at least a monumental pain in the ass for those who have to do the work to keep shit on schedule during the morass.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    I find going on and off DST to be kind of a nuisance, but I don’t have strong feelings about it one way or the other. It seems like the experience varies from place to place, and your region’s distance to the equator is an important factor. The closer you are to the equator, the less necessary DST is.

    Historically, some of the regions that went off of DST much prefer it that way, and never looked back. But others regretted opting out of it, and went back to doing it again after everyone complained about it.

    I’m sure 47 will make it all about him, whatever he does. And it will probably be a chaotic mess of software patches when they try to implement it. There will be far worse problems to deal with during the Stupid Ages, but throw this one on the pile I guess.

  • PetteriPano@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 month ago

    The EU parliament had a vote to abolish DST, and it passed. They just forgot to hammer out the details, then COVID and Ukraine happened, so focus shifted.

    I hope they’ll pick up the ball again at some point.