This is one of those things that I can't help but to rant about twice each year, because no matter how many times we do this stupid/useless archaic practice, I still do not see what good it does.
What it DOES do:
1). Make everyone disoriented for several weeks.
2). Cause us to have to change our clocks.
3). Make us lose an hour of sleep every Spring.
4). Cause people to be late for work if they forgot.
5). Cause confusion on the internet when people interact with each other when the subject of Time comes up, as not everyone observes this practice.
Can anyone point out a single, GOOD thing that DST gives us?
It has been 10+ years now that I've been on the internet and I've yet to hear anyone say anything of why we actually *need* DST.
I think we should just get rid of it, and keep our clocks at the same time, all year round, for the entire world. It would get rid of all of the confusion, headaches, and annoyance of having to adjust our clocks twice a year.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so it gives us an extra daylight hour in the evening.... but it subtracts a daylight hour in the morning. The purpose of that, is.....?
Yeah, I thought so. There is no purpose to that.
Some people say it "Saves Energy".
Just how does that save energy? Make you turn on the lights less during the evening? Well, that's nice and all... but too bad you have to leave the lights on longer in the morning. Heck, I've even heard of studies that say DST does the _opposite_!
It is an old, out-dated practice that just needs to die, plain and simple.