DAYLIGHT TIME
The half-yearly routine of changing clocks ahead/behind by one hour during spring and fall is well known, but this year it is different. George Bush signed a legislation in August 2005 which made the US and Canada agree on "revised" dates for setting the clocks ahead or behind. Traditionally, it was done on the first sunday of April and on the last sunday of October. However, from this year onwards spring will come early and winter will come late. It has been changed to 2nd sunday of March and the first sunday of November.
The reason behind daylight saving is not well understood by some (including myself, till recently). Because the sun shone for a time while most people were asleep, it was reasoned that light could be better used during the day. The solution was to push the clocks ahead one hour in springtime, forcing people to wake an hour earlier. They would therefore expend less energy trying to light their homes, for instance, if time were adjusted to suit their daily patterns. When the days started getting shorter in the fall and people awoke to increasing darkness, the clocks were turned back an hour to get more light in the morning.
The above passage was taken from here, and it gave very good understanding to the idea of daylight saving. Saving energy was the intent, and this is Bush's idea of saving even more energy!
The reason behind daylight saving is not well understood by some (including myself, till recently). Because the sun shone for a time while most people were asleep, it was reasoned that light could be better used during the day. The solution was to push the clocks ahead one hour in springtime, forcing people to wake an hour earlier. They would therefore expend less energy trying to light their homes, for instance, if time were adjusted to suit their daily patterns. When the days started getting shorter in the fall and people awoke to increasing darkness, the clocks were turned back an hour to get more light in the morning.
The above passage was taken from here, and it gave very good understanding to the idea of daylight saving. Saving energy was the intent, and this is Bush's idea of saving even more energy!
posted by SHAILENDRA at 4:43 AM
6 Comments:
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Even I knew about the day light saving time, however the concept the day light saving time is new to me. Thanks da
Funny Is'nt it. Bush is so powerfull that he can change even the time.haahhahaha
nice peice of info !! yesterday, i was askin my roomie abt this funda of day light saving...u made it clear..keep up the gud work !
~ sehgal
Its really surprising as to how daylight saving time can really save energy. I would switch on my lights when it is dark and switch it off when it is bright. This does not have anything to do with daylight time. Moroever the shift is just 1 hour which is absolutely insignificant. On the whole, I find the concept of DST not so useful. It only leads to more confusion if not anything else.
Actually, the concept is really very flimsy. People (working people) get up an hour early, and this saves home heating costs. They work during the times when there is maximum daylight available, so that less energy is used on lighting. But of course, this is highly debatable, and many areas in USA and Canada DO NOT follow daylight time savings.
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