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Originally Posted by HarryT
Pretty much irrelevant when you're as far north as we are in the UK; it gets dark early no matter what. It's dark by about 3:30pm here in mid winter, so the hour's difference is really neither here nor there. There have been suggestions that we should stick to "summer time" all year round, but the objection is that children would then be going to school in the morning in the dark, especially in Scotland, and there are road-safety concerns about that.
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During the 1970's energy crisis in the US we did have daylight savings time in the winter for a while. We had brightly colored armbands (I think we got them through the school?) that were supposed to help drivers see kids walking or waiting at school bus stops. I was pretty young so I don't remember it very well.
As an adult, I would prefer having daylight after work. I hate feeling like the day has been entirely used up while I was stuck in the office. I'm not a morning person so I don't care if it's dark then.
I would really hate to have it dark at 3:30 in the afternoon! I'm glad I'm in the south.