[Proud90sKid]

Many people have an increase in symptoms of seasonal affective disorder or winter blues from the end of daylight savings time. It almost seems like daylight savings ends at the wrong time of year - we are setting our clocks so the sun sets earlier when the sun sets earliest anyways.

Daylight savings used to be used for around half the year- but now it is more "standard" than standard time - with standard time only being used 4 months of the year in most US states. We are on daylight savings more than regular time. So , what would you think of permanent daylight savings time? It would eliminate the twice-annual hassle of becoming adjusted to a new time schedule and having to set clocks - it makes sense to keep the same time set all year. The time change is an outdated policy.

It would make the sun set a full hour later in winter. Many areas in the north US or in europe experience sunsets earlier than 5pm-before many people are off work from a 9-5 shift. Winter-time daylight savings would push this back to a more reasonable 5:30 or so. But it would make sunrise a full hour later.

But for many people, going home in the dark , and the early sunsets can contribute to winter depression -it's an actual psychiatric condition that many people suffer from- and it is possible that staying on daylight savings all year could help alleviate this.

While there are arguments for keeping it the other way - like children going to school in the dark - a large percentage of people would rather have more hours of sun in the afternoon in winter. So what do you think?