Tonight is the night we go from Daylight Savings Time back to Standard Time. If one puts aside the entire argument about why we even do this in the first place, then the question becomes, what is so standard about Standard Time?
The nation--except for parts of Indiana which insist on being being difficult--is on DST from the first Sunday of April to the last Sunday of October, or a period of 30 weeks.
ST, on the other hand, runs from the last Sunday of October to the first Sunday of April. That's only 22 weeks.
But if something is going to be called "standard," shouldn't it by definition be the norm the majority of the time? In other words, how can something unusual actually be standard?
Well, it simply can't. It's just plain wrong. Almost as wrong as invading a country on trumped up accusations.
But I digress....
The only equitable solution to this dilemma is to start referring to the present Daylight Savings Time time as Standard Time. And the existing Standard Time can instead be called Nighttime Savings Time.
THE NAKED TRUTH
----------Mike Thompson, Detroit Free Press
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