Matthew DockreyThe amazing thing about daylight savings is that we would rather *mess with the definition of time itself* than give people the freedom and flexibility to start their day an hour earlier or later as they see fit. Problems can only be solved through coercive conformity.
tdietterich@attoparsec You are free to set your clocks to any value you like. But it will make things difficult when you want to coordinate on a meeting time.
@tdietterich Why would I have to change my clock in order to simply start my day an hour later because it's too dark at X:00 this time of year?
Will PalmerHaving one big DST cutoff also discourages people from setting sensible hours. They set their hours to something that kinda works throughout the year when DST is involved, but in northern areas it might make more sense to shift things by two to four hours, rather than one, or to shift multiple times per year. Sunrise is at around 2am in summer here.