Pete C. wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> Did you remember to turn your clocks ahead? Just go by that old saying
>> "Spring to action and Fall ahead"
>
> In the IT world we're well aware of this stupidity. Fortunately a fair
> number of my systems run on UTC time and don't change. When I'm supreme
> overlord, DST will go away, along with time zones, UTC for the entire
> planet.

I can appreciate that DST may have its uses in the summer when it allows
an extra hour of sunlight for outdoor activities. It is irrelevant in
the north where the sun stays up much later anyway. This recent
extension was supposed to be for the sake of energy conservation, and
IMO is a complete farce. The trade off for the extra hour of daylight at
the end of the day means waking up in the dark. Being retired I get up
when I feel like it, except for Sundays when I set the alarm for 7 am to
get to my riding lesson in time. The previous three Sunday mornings have
been dark. When I got up this morning it was nice and bright outside and
I didn't have to turn on lights to find my way around in the house.