Jennifer Lynn BartlettMar 9

Is #DaylightSavingTime sending waves through your routines? or will it soon be?

Promoted as #energyefficiency measure during #WWI & #WWII, the US used year-round #DST, or War Time, during WWII

Today, the #health & #energy benefits of DST are controversial.

illustration courtesy of G. Altman via Pixabay
#timekeeping #histsci #time #astronomy #spring #sunlight #season

Show threadNinthWave
@BartlettAstro It's awful. We should stay on Standard Time.
Mar 9 at 1:09pmWeb
Show threadJennifer Lynn BartlettMar 12
@NinthWave #DST does take us another step removed from the natural world. I'm not sure I am ready to live with seasonal hours but like civil day to be related to the observed cycle of daylight and darkness.