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Originally Posted by Lawtan

I thought it was a power consumption thing - to encourage folk to use less electricity and all...

That was part of the intent, but it doesn't actually work for most of the country -- there's a pretty narrow range of latitudes that see enough relevant shifts in sunlight hours that also see enough daily temperature swing to make the change in waking hours relevant for power usage, and in today's era of thermostats even THAT'S pointless because your house keeps itself within the target temperature range whether you're awake or not. (You'd need a programmable thermostat to make an exception.)

Originally Posted by littl3chocobo

i like it >x> it makes me feel like the day matches the hour more in the spring and summer

Which is why a lot of people are arguing that we simply set the clocks to the advanced time year-round instead of going to winter clock time. The current scheme is (theoretically) intended for farmers who wake up with the sun... of course, THAT fails because farmers wake up with the sun instead of a clock, because the cows aren't going to wait.