My entire life has seen the changing of the clock, one hour back in the fall and one hour forward in the spring. I never hated it either way and wasn't to upset about losing that hour in the spring (I usually started setting the clocks forward early afternoon and went to bed earlier.) But like everyone else, why the change? Pick one and stick with it.
People who are naturally early risers can be content with the so-called Standard Time whereas the late nighters are happy to have that extra sunlight during Daylight Savings Time. Either way the amount of sunshine remains the same. In winter the sun hides itself more than in the summer, but no matter what time it is the sun doesn't care.
So, what's with changing the time back and forth? Some say there was a reason back in the olden days when there was no television to watch and certainly no internet to browse or social media to adore giving people more daylight to work in at the end of the day. Some think, probably rightly as that's what google says, it was a way to conserve energy during World War 1.
Those who live on the edges of the time zones can have a perspective of the futility of the changes. The Central Time Zone extends from east Tennessee to west Texas. If you live in El Paso (TX) you get a lot more daylight in the evening than say Nashville (TN.) But just a few miles down the road they could be and hour behind or ahead. I would guess those on the outskirts of the time zones have a more weighted opinion than we in the middle.
My solution to the change? Split the difference and stay there. Or, pick one and stay there, the sun will shine in it's entirety no matter what time it is. Congress can't decide what day it is much less the time.
