Even More Daylight Saving Time

Adding to the Daylight Saving Time fun, Congress is adding 2 months to DST. According to this article, DST will begin on the first Sunday in March and end the last Sunday in November. Currently it begins the first Sunday in April and ends the last Sunday in October.

One quote in the article suggests that U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) thinks being in Congress GIVES HIM POWER OVER THE SUN! Quoth the Markey: “The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use.”

Anyway, this will presumably rile up those who were not in favor of Daylight Saving Time. Poor Representative Woodruff can’t catch a break. (Did I mention that he cast the deciding vote in favor of DST after having promised his constituents that he would *never* vote for DST?) First he reneges on a promise which brings DST to the state. Then Gov. Daniels does a half-assed job submitting the petition for time zone consideration required by SEA 127, and now we’re going to be on Daylight Saving Time during Thanksgiving. The sun won’t rise until just shy of 9:00 a.m. in Rep. Woodruff’s hometown of Vincennes at the end of November. (That means if you go out to wait for the school bus at 7 a.m., you’ll have just over 2 hours until the sun comes up.) On the flip side of the coin, I put my toddler down to bed at 7:30 p.m. This time next year, it won’t be dark for another 2.5 hours after that.

Update 2:00 p.m.: While I might be the only blogger obsessing on the DST issue, I’m not the only one talking about it. Some others:

Leo Morris of the Fort Wayne News Sentinel is tired of the whole thing. And now the feds added a new wrinkle by extending DST by two months.

Doghouse Riley figures supporters of DST with the anticipation that Gov. Daniels would spearhead the shift to Central Time are now royally pissed off.

Global Standard Time argues that the main reason for a switch to DST was to make sure Indiana was all on one time. (S)he argues that this rationale is shot now that the feds won’t coordinate things.

Simply Indiana also figures its a waste to shift to DST if the state won’t be entirely on the same time.

Road Trip Diaries mentions it in an aside but says, ” If you’re reading, Indiana, say NO to daylight savings. It’s rubbish. Lead the way and don’t do it.”

stAllio! (thanks to him for the link, btw) says any hope has been destroyed that the DST switch would make Indiana time any more logical.

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Lawgeekgurl (also thanks for the link) foresees the cows, even having lost the battle on DST, winning the war by maintaining time confusion in Indiana. Wily cows.