DST

Daylight Savings Time slipped up on me this year. Yesterday I awoke to a number of clocks which were set differently than some of the others.

I suppose having so many clocks in a household makes you more date and time aware, but still; it had not ocurred to me that the "spring forward" aspect of the national time change went down until about my second cup of coffee.

Originally envisioned in 1895 as an energy saving measure, I learned from various sources that some jurisdictions don't implement it ... even in the United States.

Whereas I used to view it all as treasonous — over the years I grew to accept that notion that we all can't agree on everything and now I am convinced that DST may be an anachronistic holdover from times gone by and need to be eliminated.

All the complicated time keeping and episodic confusion gets to me sometimes. I suppose it's all well and good for those who are supposedly in charge of such things to make the call. I do know that the days will really grow longer with darkness coming much later as time progresses. I hope that you are not as ambivalent as I regarding daylight savings time. Love it or hate it we continue to observe it here in South Carolina.