You are aware that the actual amount of daylight doesnโt change when we move the clocks right?
It really comes down to when youโd rather have more daylight, morning or evening.
Except that it doesnโt. Take a look at daylight data for 20 Dec here https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/london
Daylight: 08:03 - 15:53
Thatโs ST obv. Now letโs convert it to DST, that will be 9:03 - 16:53. Letโs say you work a standard 9-5 job. Well, 9:03 is after you start working and 16:53 is before you finish. Thus you get ZERO daylight during the day in DST. You get almost an hour in the morning with ST.
Now letโs move further away from equator https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/latvia/riga
Daylight: 08:59 - 15:43
Well, DST is a perma fucking depression now as youโre robbed from the very few minutes you had before.
How about further North https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/finland/helsinki
Daylight: 09:23 - 15:12
No wonder Finland has such high suicide rates during winterโฆ
P.S. It is also worth noting that daylight grows the closer you get to the equator and it grows in the morning, not in the evening. You can see from the examples above that their evening difference is smaller than the morning one. Thereโs just no point having DST.
Iโm missing your point. Do you think that moving the clocks is having an effect on the tilt of the earth? Or are you just trying to explain to me how daylength and latitude are related?
I know quite well how dark it gets in the north. I live in the north. Luckily, the sun still rises and sets at very predictable intervals. If I want to enjoy sunlight, I simply need to be awake at some point that coincides with when the sun is up.
You are also aware that not everyone works the exact same hours, right? And windows exist?
Use a different example to make the opposite point: Iโd like the sun to be out for at least an hour after I get home from my โ9-5โ, so if the sun sets at 1700 Iโm standard time, I am depressed. But in DST, I get to spend an hour in my garden.
See? The debate is stupid. Do you want more daylight in the morning or afternoon. Thatโs the only question. The amount of daylight is not affected by clocks.
