The benefits of daylight savings time outweigh any inconvenience
Mario E. Ebanks writes: The Cayman Islands Government took the long overdue and wise decision to adopt Daylight Savings Time in March of 2016. What this means, simply, is that in the spring and summer months (beginning in March) we will migrate to an existing time zone, which will involve moving the clock forward by one hour, and in November we also will join the other developed countries in this region and then reverse the clock by an hour. That cycle will continue on a yearly basis thereafter.
It seems, however, that the discussion on this matter has emerged in recent weeks, with some objectors to Cayman adopting Daylight Savings Time (DST) using some arguments and illustrations which are not factual, relevant or logical.
Below, in simplistic terms, is a list of benefits to be derived from adopting Daylight Savings Time, which, in my opinion, far outweighs the slight inconvenience of accommodating a minor change to our long-standing custom. In this case the change to DST is not a matter or policy, heritage or values; it is a simple sensible idea whose time has come.
1) In the Spring and Summer months, cruise ships are on DST and if Cayman is not on DST, as is the case now, the ships have to simply anchor in George Town harbour and await for the officials and the stores and businesses to open to be able to receive them and conduct business. This is one hour of lost business and opportunity for Cayman’s commerce, which can be substantial in terms of dollars for our hard-pressed businesses that cater to cruise ships.
2) In that same period, because the cruise ships are on DST they leave Cayman an hour earlier, and again the stores, restaurants, tours and taxis lose business and the extra stress of the “rush hour” causes our visitors to enjoy their experience a bit less.
3) Living in the tropics and with our geographic proximity to the Equator, the divergence in sunlight and other seasonal changes are not significant. Nevertheless, the benefits of gaining an extra hour or not losing an hour are significant to our commercial and social welfare. However, because the changes will not be significant, there will not be the result of “school children waiting for the bus in the dark”. That is simply not factual.
4) For example, if you look outside in the mornings now in Cayman at 6:00am it is dark, but by 6:30 – 6:45am it is light. For Cayman in the spring and summer, those light dynamics will be as it is now in the “winter” months. Which school children do you know who are out waiting for the school bus at 6:00am? Cayman is safe and school children are not waiting for school buses with either a mountainside or farm plantations in the background;
5) For the financial services sector, which needs every assistance that it can get to remain the leader against competition, by adopting DST Cayman’s financial services professionals will be on par with their counterparts along the eastern seaboard of North America and the time differential with London and Europe will be reduced by one hour. This allows for money market and stock exchange deals and transactions to be conducted in a timely manner with the leading money and other markets. This makes good sense.
6) For the overnight tourists who arrive and depart by airlines, DST will mean that our flights do not have to depart Grand Cayman (or Cayman Brac and Little Cayman) so early in the morning to enable our visitors/tourists and other travelers to make their connecting flights in Miami or elsewhere in North America. Remember that in the spring and summer months our major air travel hubs are one hour ahead of Cayman (as present) and therefore we have to inconvenience our visitors, especially the honeymooners and young families, with travelling at such ungodly hours in the morning … and negatively impacting their final evening/night on our islands.
7) From a social standpoint, an extra hour of sunlight in the evenings means that parents and families can have extra time in the spring and summer evenings to play, go to the beach, work in the yard, walk their pets, or enjoy the neighbourhood or the patio … in beautiful cool sunlight.
8) From a health standpoint, people of all ages will have any extra hour in the evening where they can take a cool walk, jog/run or cycle on the roadsides, walking track, or the beach or elsewhere.
9) For the workers, particularly those in construction, gardening, farming, they will have an hour of not-as-hot sun in the morning to work in and they will get out of the sun in the late afternoon, when we know those hours are still quite hot in the summer months.
10) And finally, for those school children who are doing after-school activities and may not have their own family transportation to get home, if they have to walk some distance between the bus stop and home, they can do so before it gets dark (which would be approximately 8pm in the spring and summer months (if the Legislative Assembly votes to approve Cayman adopting DST).
In my opinion, Daylight Savings Time is a good idea. Let’s not debate this to death as well. If you have a better idea or a credible argument or an alternative which produces equal positive results with fewer disadvantages, let’s hear about it. Otherwise, let’s support this simple and sensible change to our way of life.
I commend the government for proposing the introduction of Daylight Savings Time and I encourage all legislators to support the bill when it comes before the Legislative Assembly.
May God continue to bless, prosper and protect the “good ship” Cayman and all those who call it home or visit her.
Category: Viewpoint
Road accidents would on average be reduced because more people would be travelling, whether by car, foot or bicycle during daylight hours rather than in darkness. That is an arguable statistical benefit of the proposed change.
The whole idea is nuts. It should remain the same as it is. Do they know what this is going to do to Cayman time.
THAT is your response to a statistically undeniable benefit?
this is all hogwash!! I concur with the comments of Big Ben
A friend of mine once discribed DST in the most pragmatic way I have ever heard.
They said, “adapting DST is akin to cutting a foot off the top of your blanket, sewing it to the bottom of said blanket and then claiming that it is better suited to keep your feet warm at nights.”
If there are sectors af our business community that will benefit from DST, and I agree that there are, why is it that Government does not lobby that sector to open their offices or place of business at 7:30am insteaf of 8:30am and close at 4:00pm instead of 5:00pm?
Simple solution………no loss of business to anyone.
Certainly they can mandate that some staff at Customs and Immigration start work one hour earlier and go home one hour earlier, so that cruise ships are not left waiting for an hour to unload in the Summer.
They can do this tomorrow, without pissing off those of us that do not give a rats ass about saving daylight.
With the financial service workers who need to operate on DST and a presentage of immigration and customs workers travelling the roads one hour earlier, imagine how much less congested the 8:00 to 8:30am and 5:00 to 6:00pm commute would be on our roads.
Instead of forcing the solution, to a minorties needs, on the majority, who have no need for DST, the PPM could kill two birds with one stone. They could cater to those who really need DST and indeed crave that extra hour of sunlight in the summer, and postphone the need to spend $millions on new roads to ease congestion during peak hours.
More importantly, for my own selfish reasons………they could leave me and my clocks to hell alone……..My blanket is long enough to cover my feet already Mario.
Ps. At my job I go to work at 4:00am and get off at 1:00pm………I get enough daylight.
Pps. George I agree with you 100% on this.
Fore…………………… Twilight 9 just turned into
Twilight 18!!!!!
I disagree with Mario here. Those entities that want or need to can change (alternate) some staff to accomodate their needs without changing the time for the entire country.
An added benefit will be improved traffic flow with staggered work times.
http://www.bustle.com/articles/120870-6-valid-reasons-daylight-saving-time-should-go-away-forever
Good Reading..Mario do you know that China and Japan have never changed times.?.My how that must have ruined their financial economy over the years..You are so full of yourself…
Great points Mario.
Makes it a no-brainer really.
Which is ironic because it appears to be opposed by those with no brains.
On the contrary. Even the name is wrong. There are no savings of daylight. The length of the day is not dependent on the clock. It is a shift of clock time for no particular solid reason. It is to fix something that isn’t broken.
One final comment. And its final..
I worked for a large global company once (GM Corp)..a lot of foreign staff who came to work here and knew about DST and our discussions from then on the subject (this idea has been kicked around for some many years) had this to say about DST and its effects on them when they worked in its zone; they would comment and say that DST makes you arrive to work “half asleep” and leave at the end of a long day “half dead”!
Look; I am serious on this point. People just do not “pack up” and go home because they are living in DST..sadly it just translates into a longer day for most workers.
That’s it from me on subject..promise.
But how will the Civil Servants wake up any earlier when they are usually late as it is now…
If we do change don’t forgetto advise the airlines!
I think DST has been talked to death by all the experts – so now can someone tell us how long we will have to put up with the Weststar crappy programming? How is FLOW, any better????
There are thousands of residents that already care enough about their business to work the markets of Europe, Americas, and stay late to work Asia. The arbitrary numeral on a local wristwatch doesn’t impact those that would serve these customers anyway, just those stubborn sobs that never figured out their relative place in the world ie. Public Sector, and esp. Immigration and HM Customs. It’s hard to imagine anything more asinine than making cruise ships wait until you’re ready for 40 years. If DST is what we have to do to get these louts out of bed, then so be it.
Translation – thousands of workers who do not seem to have a life and get taken advantage of by their employers until they have served their purpose and get to the boot up their…………
Whatever the decision is, I hope Government gives sufficient lead time prior to changes so that people can factor this into their travel arrangements as many (I am included) due calculate the time difference between countries when determining how much lay-over time is necessary to navigate through various airports.
You do not have to calculate the transit time, the airline does that for you. The only change is that you will now be able to leave Cayman at 8:30 am and arrive in Miami at 10 am instead of having to leave Cayman at 7:30 am to arrive in Miami at 10 am.
I am not talking about the math of calculating the transit time. I am booking flights based on how much lay-over I think I need to get through immigration and customs. So if before the time difference between Cayman and Miami or Cayman and Houston (depending on the time of year) has worked in my favor or to my advantage, that will no longer be the case if Cayman is on the same time with Miami or the same time with Houston…..
#OMG
So at moment we have the same time as the US East Coast in winter, so no time advantage as you describe it then. In summer they move an hour ahead, so there is LESS time for you to transit security etc. How is that possibly an advantage you will have to sacrifice? SMH.
I can simplify this a bit further for you.
The reality is:
The one hour time change will hardly be noticed on island outside of the first day or two.
School children have a much larger adjustment after each school break because during school days they are normally on a strict bed time and during holidays they are not (can easily be 2-3 hrs difference in bedtime). They survive this and have for all eternity. One hour will not make a difference to their learning or schedule.
This WILL make a huge difference to most businesses. Especially the financial industry.
To say that Mario is only worried about business is silly, if it was not for business (whether financial, tourism or any other that deals with the outside world) then this would not be considered. Only a moron would say that we are “trying to keep up with the Jone’s” if the world move in a certain way you have two choices, move with it and everything is fine or buck against it a deal with the inconveniences and issues.
Cayman seems hell bent on trying to be different to the point that they want to be different not matter what the difference is.
Daylight savings will be a non event and life as we know it will be just fine.
I think DST was created by cities that experience winters and Summer’s not Caribbean islands like the Cauman islands with a consistent weather pattern. DST is not necessary in Cayman.
Unless you want to match your clocks to your major customers in th financial and tourist industry. Which is the primary point I thought?
Daylight savings time is a non-event and shouldn’t even be considered!
I find it quite amusing that some persons actually think they may have to start work an hour earlier.
People, if you start work at 9 o’clock now, you will continue to do so.
I for one will look forward to spending an extra hour outside in the evening, before the Mosquitos move in. I hope somebody gives them pests at least a months notice, so they can adjust their schedules???
You’re right it only takes a day or two to adjust and in England we enjoy the extra hour in bed when the clocks go back again 6 months later anyway.
We enjoy the extra hour in bed all year
The clocks will be set back an hour so yes, it will be an hour earlier than is customary.
I would like to see this happen. Alas, in a country where there is no concept of time, many people cannot be guided by time and appointments are only kept when there is money to be gained, sadly I do not think it will be successful.
Apparently, those in strongest support for the change to DST are also quite hostile to Cayman(ians).
That’s a shocker.
Ah boy…
– Whodatis
*I trust the author and my other fellow Caymanians are paying close attention to the clear trends in these anonymous (but honest) comment threads.
You have made a crass generalisation. The comments below are not hostile to Caymanians, but rather to the small proportion of niggardly Littler Islander Luddites. That group have various causes to which they rally and this is one. But to criticise a small sub-group of Caymanians is not to criticise Caymanians. Your flawed logic is the equivalent of saying that by criticising UKIP voters in England you a re attacking the English as a whole group.
“Ah thro’ me corn (throw’ me corn) … me nah call no fowl (nah call no fowl)!!”
P.S. “Niggardly”. Really guy?
There is no wonder you felt compelled to post a reply.
What’s wrong with “niggardly”?
Those that pretend to not know are the ones that know best.
– Who
Or rather you would prefer to hide your own ignorance and prejudice.
Aaah, tsk tsk.
Bless your little heart.
Word to the wise; the first victim of hate is always its host.
– Whodatis
What you are too scared to say is just because a word sounds a bit like a word you don’t like you have a problem with it. That is stupid are you are too embarrassed to admit it. Word to the foolish (ie you). “Niggardly” is of Anglo-Saxon derivation and has no links to words that are offensive (unless apparently one is a rapper).
Lol!!
Watch these scholars trying to school others on the etymology of a word.
😀
As I always say, there is no finer example of ignorance than arrogance.
(Seriously, you people are painfully typical and predictable with your perspective. So sheltered and disconnected from people different to you. That is sad.)
This applies to the other poster that also offered up a history lesson.
– Whodatis
So basically you are supportive of censorship by phonetic similarity in order to protect the overreaction of a tiny minority who are ignorant of basic English? And in doing so you are accusing others of ignorance and arrogance. What is noteworthy in your posts is other than a) baldly criticising the use of the word and b) calling out those that use it as ignorant, you have provided no reason why you hold any opposition to the use of the word “niggardly”. Since you have avoided giving any reasons so many times, the only inference would be that you have no credible reason and you are simply flaming away as usual. Perhaps one could even say you are being niggardly in your argumentation.
I have been reading this little chain and it is quite amusing how Whodatis pontificates but does not explain his or her position. If someone has an irrational problem with a word borne out their ignorance that is their problem and the better thing to do is explain why they are mistaken so they have the choice in the future to simply be irrational or not. There is no rational intelligent reason why anyone would be offended by the word “niggardly” and certainly no rational intelligent reason to criticise its use. Whodatis cannot explain his/her position because by explaining, ie entering into intelligent discourse the truth of the irrational nature of the position taking would be exposed. Whodatis perhaps bit on the troll bait but then has been left dangling embarrassingly ever since.
Why are you talking so much?
Chill buddy. It is what it is, you are what you are – I’m good with that.
From your first utterance I decided against dancing with you to this song.
So…go for it, dance like no one is watching! The floor is yours.
– Who
😉
So you try to walk away, and admission that you have no basis for your prejudice and scared to admit it. If that is not the case, tell me, because you have done everything to avoid it, in one or two sentences, why there is anything wrong with the adjective “niggardly”. You are fleeing because you do not want to be shown up for the vacuous baseless troll that you are.
Flattered that my opinion means so much to absolute strangers.
– Who
No, it is that your inability to explain you opinion shows you up for what you and that is most amusing.
Buddy, as the OP I know you decided to duck out like a coward because you knew you could not go head to head with me. I enjoy chewing up lightweight trolls like you. I have enjoyed your fear on this one. I would put a smiley face at the end, but I did not, because I am an adult. See ya, loser troll.
There is nothing wrong with “niggardly” it is a fine Anglo-Saxon word. That some take issue with it based on their etymological ignorance and stupidity speaks mostly about their foolishness.
Some people will think it’s the best thing since sliced bread, when they get an extra hour to sleep when the time goes back. Yes folks it goes back as well. The end of the world may be upon us, but changing your clock won’t cause it…….
I also trust all who are about to counter my observations and throw accusations are equally outraged at Cayman(ians) being referred to as “tinpot places” and “turtle munching luddites”.
I doubt it though.
– Who
Not outraged in the slightest.
I had a call messed up today because the clients believed Cayman was on Central TIme because the previous dealings was during the summer. The real world makes those errors because they have no need to pay attention to the vagaries of crappy little tinpot places. This proposal will help those whose businesses pay for the tax free lifestyle of those moaning about the change.
Ah yes, its Caymans fault that nobody else in the world knows what time it is outside of their front porch…..
This regularly happens on calls between UK and US and anywhere else and is nothing to do with cayman. Google solves most problems if you can be bothered. Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Your client did not know the time difference? How long has he/ she been your client. If you are going to fib please try to get a story that really make sense next time.
Dufus. They knew the time difference in summer and had no need to know the time difference was different in winter. Not a fib, just a common occurrence that costs time and money.
Usual objections from usual suspects. It is great idea for the key businesses driving the economy and all residents who are not miserable turtle munching Luddites.
Do you work for the Kirknoids tooo????
Greed and more greed! Stagger the tourism industry employees so the tourist will not be inconvenient and factually this would elevate the traffic congestion coming from the east morning and evenings. Sad thing about this is that the tourist comes here to enjoy our uniqness yet we want to destroy what this country did right many years ago? Guess you want Sunday trading back on the agenda again too?
Whether DST is adopted or not, it’s critical that there is an official decision with enough lead time for technology companies to respond. It takes human intervention to get changes like these enacted on computers, phones, web sites, etc. Right now, part of the tech community is making the assumption that DST will be enacted, and the other part is assuming it’s business as usual until the government officially announces. If they wait until February to announce a change that’s to be enacted (or not) in March, there’s a huge chance that one side or the other will be wrong, which creates confusion and can have an economic impact. Ideally, governments should announce these sort of things at least 6 months in advance for everything to go smoothly.
Total cr@p. This sounds just like Y2K scaremongering. Give us one realistic instance of something that could go wrong because it can’t be changed with a month’s notice and may end up on the wrong time for half a day.
airline flight and departure times will be off for one..want more?
The last country to do this with short notice (approx 3 weeks) was Turkey. You can read about the fallout here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/what-time-is-it-now-confusion-reigns-in-turkey-as-no-one-knows-whether-the-clocks-have-gone-back-or-a6708296.html
And here:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631326
And caused a crash of important medical systems, such as this one:
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_daylight-saving-time-confusion-causes-crash-of-sgk-prescription-system_402539.html
So no, it’s not scaremongering. Unfortunately, it’s a very real problem. It takes time to collect and verify information, work it into software updates, deploy those updates to end-users, and get the users to install them. In Turkey, many iPhone users had the iOS 9.1 update (which included the DST change) sitting on their device waiting to install, but did not take the time to install it.
This has happened before – many times. Here’s another example, Egypt in 2014: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/egypt-suddenly-flips-to-daylight-saving-time-1.1824762
The fact is – the longer a government waits to confirm or deny a change like this, the more likely there will be technical glitches, and sometimes they can be serious.
I worked for a Swiss Bank for over thirty years with head office in Switzerland and really cannot remember even one incident that the time difference being seven/ eight hours so I really don’t see how all of a sudden daylight serving time is the great panacea. I do believe that it will adversely effect the students, expecially in the mornings. Even now when I go for my walks in the morning I see them around 7:00 still looking sleepy and a little damp from the dew falling. Imagine them lining up for the bus at 6:00 instead. They probably won’t be able to eat a nutritious breakfast before leaving. Anyway I suppose that does not matter, they are someone else’s kids and the mover of this stupid motion don’t really care. It satisfies big business and that is all that matters.
You haven’t really grasped how this works have you?
I don’t know what you were trying to imply when you said that you worked for a Swiss Bank, but if there was an “incident” there I doubt very much if they would have said anything to you about it since you think going to DST means the kids would have to catch the school bus one hour earlier.
Ummm… Hey doofus… They will be going to bed an hour earlier too so same amount of sleep… Weak argument at best…
Here is how it tends to work though…in all fairness..the people start out earlier in the morning but tend to not leave earlier in the afternoon!
Thus what happens in practice (and research shows this as a fact), is that instead of people “packing up” and leaving work say at 3pm..they stay on and are further exploited by employers who then don’t pay them any overtime.
Thus; they get no monetary benefit and still find no time to enjoy “those amazing sunsets”.
I suggest that those few companies who want to observe a sooner start time do so by self- regulating themselves.
FIGHT! ?
Thank you for chiming in and adding to your brother’s VP here. You are correct with your comments, 100%.
“well, the sun is still high, let’s work until the old knock-off time…” – and the boss man won’t pay while reaping the benefits of deadlines. It happens now and just may be will increase with this purposed DST adoption.
That explains why the late start, the breakfast in work and the two hour lunch breaks evolved in Cayman. This is to hedge against any future exploitation.
George, if that ends up being the case, (which I doubt) then I see a benefit you have missed. Staggered start and finishing times, which means the roads should be a little quieter.
Agreed…and that’s why; if done, both should be embedded in the proposed legislation.
Although if you do the latter then the former will not then be necessary.
Thanks George. Could you please give us the reference or link to this research. Or is it like most of your “research” you point to in your blogs. Can’t wait to see it. ?.
Well, the research is what actually happens in real life…but a good link to try is www:notneeded.com
Sorry, but total nonsense. People will simply come into work at the same time and leave at the same time as they normally do. The only difference is that it will be lighter for a while longer after you leave work. To people who have worked in countries that operate DST, it’s a complete non-event (unless you forget to change your clocks the night before, of course and get in to work an hour earlier or later than your colleagues, of course, which can be a bit embarrassing ).
You are the dodos , which 10/12 year will go to bed an hour earlier while the sun has barely set? I still say there is no legit reason to make this change.
You were the overnight cleaner at the Swiss bank, right? Because you comment indicates you are unlikely to possess the brainpower to be doing anything serious.
Zuss Kryste!! Where does one begin to counter these assertions??!
Sorry Mr. Mario, you are a man I respect greatly, but you are dead wrong on this one.
Well, not “wrong” per se, as there is no actual right or wrong position on this matter, but when one considers the full scope of the issue, it simply does not make sense to disrupt YET ANOTHER aspect of our customs and lifestyle just to satisfy the points you have made.
Furthermore, we see countries and regions that have long practised DST having dropped the concept or awaiting a date of removal.
If certain industries will benefit from this proposal, then let those entities implement staggered working hours in order to address their own concerns.
Lastly, it is beyond ridiculous for Cayman to decide in 2016, with the advent of the internet, technological advances, a “smaller” global workplace etc, for us to be considering the introduction of DST – especially having come this far without it over the last 40 years!
Speaking as someone who has lived in regions where DST was the norm, and quite useful to be honest due to their positioning on the planet, I find it beyond absurd for Cayman to be flirting with this concept – all things considered.
Respectfully,
– Whodatis
*Re: “Let’s not debate this to death as well.”
Really??
So if I understand your logic:
– The more time that passes from the earliest time you could do something, the less beneficial it is.
– No change is ever worth it because by definition we have survived without making that change.
– No amount of economic benefit is worth “disrupting your lifestyle” or “your customs”. (Which “customs” are being disrupted again?)
So basically your logic entails the total abandonment of actual logic. Great analysis, thanks for your contribution.
The only logic you appear to understand is your own.
– Whodatis
Quoting the Whodatis family motto.
Pot kettle Who….
We are the world’s biggest photo copying machine, Anything we see or hear, others do, we have to burn a copy or die.
Why is CIG wasting its time with this? Nothing better to do? A distraction? Another “major” achievement of their rule? Seriously…
You’re right, what a waste of time all this debate is about something that is easily and obviously beneficial. It is the dictionary definition of a no-brainer. All upside, no downside.
Low cost change which brings substantial benefits. Solid approach to policy.
I love that as some countries are looking to discontinue DST since it really only made sense in the historical context in which it was adopted (and even then the supposed benefits were debatable), we’re now looking to adopt it.
I would assume that if they, namely the US, ever drops DST, we would then also do it… 50 years later…
Actually, several of Mario’s points don’t add up (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9) in my experience. What I’d like to challenge Government, Mario, etc. to is that, after the DST is implemented track the various metrics they said would improve. And then report how much change has actually occurred. Prove that there is an improvement in general health (#8) after DST. (I’m not even asking you to prove that DST made a measurable number of people measurably healthy. Just find that some people got healthier in some way. How hard could that be, if DST will really do what you claim it will?)
Haven’t you read the news? If at least one more expensive watch is sold because of dst then the whole island is healthier!
Bullsh*t
@12:48 – You took the words out of my mouth!
I am sure the debate in the Ebanks family is a hot one. Mario Ebanks talk to your older brother George Ebanks as his view point is totally oppose to yours, but then again I am sure you know that. I an sure he George can also come up with 10 points like you have against it. Truth is I don’t think it’s needed.
This issue will not have the support of the entire opposition bench!…will not be brought as if it is; and passes, will ensure that all political support is forever lost to the current Government in the Eastern districts.
Indeed, my view is that this matter should not be put into law unless and until it has unanimous support in the LA.
Unless one has a child that has to wake up at 4:30am to enable his/ her parents to comply with DST one would not appreciate the trauma and the inconvenience caused by this unnecessary proposed law.
My support is against it!
Thank you George for having the courage to speak against your brother on this issue..He doesn’t have children, doesn’t live in the outer districts and his only concern is more for businesses.
Children – safer school travel. Outer districts – safer commute.
DST will make no difference to the time at which your child will have to get up. If they get up at 6 am now, they will continue to get up at 6am. The difference is that 6am occurs at a different point relative to the sun rising in the morning, so once a year they might have to go to bed an hour earlier (spring ) to make up for losing an hours sleep the following morning and once a year they get to go to bed an hour later (autumn ) . The change should always happen on a Saturday night anyway, so the first day of the change is a day of rest for the majority of people.
good commentary…
.for the naysayers….just give it a chance…if it is the huge disaster you think it will be, it can be simply reversed..
I agree with Mario and would like to see Cayman adopt Daylight Savings Time (DST). Unfortunately, DST appears to be a bit like gay marriage in Cayman; those who see no perceived benefit in it for them are most vigorously opposed to it and will go to the ends of the earth to deny a simple pleasure to others, even when it does them no harm.
Well written, Mario. My only reservation about the adoption of DST is that, now that I am older, my life is dictated by TV schedules and it suits me that my favorite programs are one hour earlier in the summer months. However this is a minor and personal complaint, and I hope the relevant legislation to put DST into effect will be enacted without irrational opposition. Opponents are spreading fear about this, and I hope they recall the words of FDR, “The only thing we have to fear is, fear itself”. There is nothing to fear about DST.
Nothing to fear about DST? No, there’s nothing to fear……. it’s just totally unnecessary and unneeded. Changing your clock will not make your day any longer….. or shorter.