Daylight Savings

[alexxkay]

...happens this weekend. In the US, anyway. Australian daylight savings happened last week, moving us from 8 hours out of synch to 9. Next week, it'll be up to 10. Scheduling conference calls has become a lose-lose situation. Ah, the joys of international development.

Why do we have daylight savings time, anyways? I've never heard an explanation that struck me as remotely rational...

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Farmers don't follow any clocks, so since the time change actually doesn't create any time, it doesn't affect farmers at all.
It's not like farmers are sleeping through daylight ...
And planting only lasts a very very short time.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

It does affect them a little, from what I've heard. Say you've got dairy cows or egg-laying chickens. Your middleman picks up your production for the day at 9am -- he doesn't change it to make it the same absolute time. So you have to get the milking or the egg collecting or whatever done to meet the clock time, even if the animals don't use clocks.