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dpibel

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5. How's that work?

Reply to Hekate (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 01:09 AM

Dec 2024

Right now is close to the shortest daylight time of the whole entire year.

Here's sunrise and sunset in Honolulu:

Sunrise Today: 7:00 am↑ 115° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:51 pm↑ 245° West

So schoolkids in Hawaii are waiting for buses at 7 a.m.?

That's some brutal school hours.

And, frankly, I'm at a loss to understand why any businessman, Haole or otherwise, would agitate for DST where there's such a tiny difference between sunrise and sunset year round.

But, hey! You were there. All I have to go on is data.

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"States can opt into standard time permanently -- which Hawaii and Arizona have done -- the reverse is prohibited [View all] Quiet Em Dec 2024 OP

I'm fine with our current situation. Living at the 44th parallel Hassler Dec 2024 #1

Yeah, the parallel's play a huge role. Quiet Em Dec 2024 #2

I find the clock-shift unsettling -- it feels stupid to go gradually into shorter days & then boom! suddenly dark Hekate Dec 2024 #3

Yeah, it definitely disrupts my sleeping and eating patterns. Quiet Em Dec 2024 #4

How's that work? dpibel Dec 2024 #5

Well, school starts at 8:00 a.m. As for businessmen from the Mainland, my recollection is... Hekate Dec 2024 #6

I thought they had finally voted to get rid of switching a couple of years ago Meowmee Dec 2024 #7