Daylight Savings - Will the extra hour of daylight really fade the curtains?

Well, let me put it this way, I love it in the Fall when we get an extra hour and hate it in the Spring when we lose the hour. I have heard different reasons for it, but the one that makes the most sense was during war time, they wanted to make best use of the daylight so as to save on fuel usage for light and heat when it's dark. Since hardly anyone has conventional hours anymore, I wish we could just leave the clocks at one setting and not have to Spring forward or Fall back.

Thanks for the insight as to Daylight Saving in Oz, I've learned something else on MyLot, yet again! Well, our clocks go back in late October and every year there is a debate as to whether or not we should have it. The French hate GMT, they wanted their own version so could dictate to us that way. No chance! It was introduced so that kids had less chance of getting run over in the dark..because it's light by the time they get to school. Same coming home. The thing is many kids get lifts now so hardly walk anywhere therefore the argument goes..well, why have the clocks going back, it's a waste of time. The summer one in March is for the farmers..more time to do stuff! Whichever way you think about it; time is weird isn't it? Travelling to Las Vegas was so strange as they're 7 hours behind (or something) but I only had jet lag when I got home, not when I was there, although I was awake each morning at daybreak watching the sun come up through the hotel window. I'll always remember that, it was lovely! Also, I was wide awake when having breakfast!

It's bloody ridiculous and I hate it. Why don't they just move the clocks forward one hour everywhere and leave it like that rather than all this clocks back, clock forwards rubbish? Or if business houses want to start and finish earlier then let them change their hours of business.

hi its the other way around here we go off daylight savings sometime this month if I am correct. spring forward but fall back when it comes to that silly daylight savings time.We have had those odd things in the US too as somestates practice it and some do not so you can leave for work cross a time zone not on daylight savings time and throw your schedule all out of whack. lol lol

We don’t have daylight savings in Western Australia. We had a three year trial here and then the people were asked to vote and most said they didn’t want it so it will not be tried here again. I’ve heard people taking about curtains fading before; I recall a guy on the radio stating that ‘the extra sunlight’ was upsetting his cows! Personally I am a very early riser so I kind of like early daylight but I would not be against daylight savings because I can see the benefits of having the extra hour of sunlight after work but sadly for us it is not to be...

I wish it would stay one certain time all the time. It doesn't make a big difference to alot of people but it does to me. I do enjoy the Fall back time..I will gain an hour..lol..but in the Spring when I have to set my clock forward again...I suffer...lol.

That's funny, about the curtains. lol For my part, not being a morning person, I love daylight saving and would like to have it the whole year around. Because it would be more useful to me in winter than in summer. It is sort of crazy to reduce the lenght of the afternoon when the days are getting shorter. lol

i like the fact that they are waiting until november for daylight savings but i dont like that it will make the house look darker earlier.

Daylight saving is never heard of in our country. Since we are in tropical country, our daylight stay consistent throughout the year. I realized that Australia has shorter daylight and people were busy talking about daylight savings which I was a little bit confused.

hI bILL, WE ARE ON DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME RIGHT NOW BUT IT WILL BE GOING BACK IN OCT. TO REGULAR TIME. pERSONALLY I WISH THEY WOULD JUST LEAVE it alone. I hated it when i worked. I still don't like it. Wish they would just leave it one way all the time, I wouldn'tcare which. Happy weekend to u.

We do have it here and aI know a lot of people who feel it really upsets their status quo, but as for me it does not bother me one way or another.

I live in a tropical country where the amount of daylight is pretty much constant throughout the year so we don't have any type of daylight savings here. However at one time the government moved the office hours for government employees and school hours by one hour in order to reduce traffic jam during rush hours. Apparently this policy did not help much to reduce congestion in the big cities. The big cities here are just way too overpopulated that it is no longer comfortable to live in.

The US does have daylight savings time. In fact, they start it earlier and have it longer for the last couple of years. There was one year, back in the seventies, where they left it at daylight savings time all year. Here in Pennsilyania, it makes the summer evenings last until about 9:30 pm, which is great. But, soon, we will be switching back to eastern standard time, then, during the winter, it will be completely dark by 5:30 pm....much too early. I wish they would leave it an all the time.

Apparently experts are warning us that Daylight Saving will plunge us into a temporary sleep debt which leads to more workplace accidents (up 6% each time) & heart attacks (up 5% each time) as well as decreases alertness (up 6% for that week), concentration & mental performance. This is odd as we have a public holiday here on the following day. These experts warn it can take days or weeks to readjust our rhythms. A rise in alertness-related car crashes also happens in the evenings at this time. So it is understandable that Queenslanders don't want any of this sort of stress in their lives. But we could sell Queenslanders the benefits of getting more sunshine packed into their waking day. This also gives people more time & opportunity for (non-internet) social interaction in daylight hours & more daylight hours for exercise. Down here, it used to be good for the grain farmers as the grain mills stayed open an extra hour around harvest time which was critical to get that extra truckload in each day through the summer time. The Northern Territory doesn't have it & Western Australia is a law unto itself. Question's too hard! We're moving to Queensland & I guess we'll just have to put up with what Anna Bligh decides is best for us :-)