With Dayligh Saving Time ending in the Northern Hemisphere and starting in the Southern Hemisphere, I thought this would remind us of how much of a hassle it was for people in the past to adapt to it despite the claimed benefits.
I don’t really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind. I even object to the implication that I am wasting something valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen. As an admirer of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to reduce my time for enjoying it. At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.
The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, 1947, XIX, Sunday.
Here’s a website you can read if you want to know about the history and origins of DST and its implementations over the globe.
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I totally agree with good ol’ Samuel. That lazy old bastard
From this year onward we will have more days with these savings.
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