March 8, 2024
Turn your clocks forward this March 10. Why do we have this Daylight Saving time, you ask? It is a relic of a bygone agrarian culture where farmers needed to save an additional hour in the day for cultivation.
In an agrarian society’s daily routines for work and personal conduct are more likely governed by the length of daylight hours and by solar time, which change seasonally because of the Earth’s axial tilt. North and south of the tropics, daylight lasts longer in summer and shorter in winter, with the effect becoming greater the farther one moves away from the equator.
Essentially, Daylight Savings is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer, so that darkness falls at a later clock time. See the logic?
Now, how much this means for the majority of us who get our food from the grocery store, is debatable. The farmers on the other hand, who feed us, need those additional hours to ensure they maximize their livestock and produce.
Personally, I love it when it is dark early in the morning. Gives me more time in the morning for my routine. However, I equally enjoy when it gets dark earlier in the evening when we turn our clocks back in the Fall, because it reminds me that Christmas is soon here. LOL,… the little child in me.
Not all countries employ the Daylight Savings strategy, but most Commonwealth countries do. I see no reason to keep it, or change it. So, just leave it be. It’s not bothering anyone.