Daylight Saving?

[Andrew]

Was just wondering, does anyone know why we don't have daylight saving in SA? Seriously, it can't be THAT difficult to tell people to set their clocks back an hour during Summer so we get home an hour earlier? With so much daylight time during Summer in SA, it just seems so obvious?

[Steerpike]

Far more sensible to just say from May to August, things happen one hour later. Why change the time of day ?  It's counterintuitive.

[NoSnipeLimit]

Lived in europe for a year, and didn't have any problem doing the daylight savings thing.

[naughty]

Was just wondering, does anyone know why we don't have daylight saving in SA? Seriously, it can't be THAT difficult to tell people to set their clocks back an hour during Summer so we get home an hour earlier? With so much daylight time during Summer in SA, it just seems so obvious?

[Viagara]

Seriously, it can't be THAT difficult to tell people to set their clocks back an hour during Summer so we get home an hour earlier?

You reckon? People can't even read time properly(how else do you explain the general tardiness?)

[Andrew]

You reckon? People can't even read time properly(how else do you explain the general tardiness?)

  True, true...

[KenMasters]

I don't see why it would really be necessary in S.A. anyway. It's not like we lack for sunlight.

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Was just wondering, does anyone know why we don't have daylight saving in SA? Seriously, it can't be THAT difficult to tell people to set their clocks back an hour during Summer so we get home an hour earlier? With so much daylight time during Summer in SA, it just seems so obvious?

Agreed 100% I have also wondered about this. Either the persons responsible for making such decisions don't understand daylight saving or they assume that members of the public are too stupid to understand it. The former is an indictment and the latter is an insult.

I don't see why it would really be necessary in S.A. anyway. It's not like we lack for sunlight.

True, but an hour of extra daylight would be great. Assuming a person finishes work at 5pm and the sun sets at 7:30pm, with daylight saving time one would have three and a half hours of daylight after work.

[Viagara]

Either the persons responsible for making such decisions don't understand daylight saving or they assume that members of the public are too stupid to understand it.

Probably at least 90% correct on both counts

[Eclaire]

You reckon? People can't even read time properly(how else do you explain the general tardiness?)

It is fifty four minutes past twelve, got to get ready for lunch ....

[Viagara]

It is fifty four minutes past twelve, got to get ready for lunch ....

  Sharp!

[guido]

absolutely no point at these latitudes...

[Andrew]

I don't see why it would really be necessary in S.A. anyway. It's not like we lack for sunlight.

Because then you have more daylight in your day away from work!    It's not the daylight available, it's what you could do with it, instead of sitting shackled to your desk until 5pm or so.

[Prince]

Because then you have more daylight in your day away from work!    It's not the daylight available, it's what you could do with it, instead of sitting shackled to your desk until 5pm or so.

+1

[KenMasters]

Because then you have more daylight in your day away from work!    It's not the daylight available, it's what you could do with it, instead of sitting shackled to your desk until 5pm or so.

Yea, but the difference in daylight time is minor, not worth the shift twice a year.

Where I live currently actual summer is only about 2 months long (half of which you'd confuse with winter in CT) and in mid winter the sun sets at 15:30. Therefore there's a strong drive to get as much of the summer sunshine as you can. I consider that a good reason for daylight savings.

We have wonderfully moderate weather conditions in S.A., we really have no need for it.