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Pro: Longer Evenings. Setting the clocks forward one hour in spring does not create more daylight, but it does change the time (on the clock) the Sun rises and sets. So, when we spring forward an hour in spring, we add one hour of natural daylight to our afternoon schedule.
Oct 24, 2023 · Most survey respondents supported remaining in British Summer Time all year round if DST was to be scrapped, meaning more light on summer nights but less on winter mornings.
Oct 25, 2019 · Europe will change its clocks for the last time in 2021. Should Britain bother? Daylight saving could mean more leisure time, less accidents and crime, and a 3 per cent boost to the...
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- Recreation and commerce flourish in the sun. Finally, recreation and commerce flourish in daylight and are hampered by evening darkness. Americans are less willing to go out and shop in the dark, and it’s not very easy to catch a baseball in darkness either.
- Avoiding clock switches improves sleep. Critics of DST are correct about one thing: The biannual clock switch is bad for health and welfare. It wreaks havoc with people’s sleep cycles.
- Energy would be saved. Many people don’t know that the original justification for the creation of DST was to save energy, initially during World War I and II and then later during the 1973 OPEC oil crisis.
- Crime would decrease. Darkness is also a friend of crime. Moving sunlight into the evening hours has a far greater impact on the prevention of crime than it does in the morning.
Nov 3, 2021 · The Sunshine Protection Act was introduced in 2018, and 19 states have passed similar legislation to pave the way for year-round daylight saving time, should Congress eventually allow it.
May 16, 2024 · On the last Sunday of March, the UK clocks go forward 1hr at 1 am. This period is called British Summer Time (BST). You can see more daylight in the evening than daytime (a.k.a DST). On last Sunday, the UK clocks go back 1hr at 2 am (GMT).
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Mar 25, 2017 · Daylight savings time (DST), otherwise known as British summer time (BST), is when the clocks move forward an hour in Spring before moving back an hour for Autumn.
