Do you know why we have daylight savings time?

[Jalapeñomel]

Don't google it.  Just answer the poll based on what you know right this second. 

1) To give farmers more daylight
2) To conserve energy for WWI
3) To torture parents
4) I have no idea
5) SS

[TrudyCampbell]

I can't see the options on the app, but farmers? I think?

[bc1206]

Farmers, I think?

[lilafowler]

Jesus said AND LET THERE BE LIGHT

[elleblue]

I know it was Ben Franklin's idea.

[Jalapeñomel]

Mar 12, 2016 20:43:22 GMT -5 @licia said:

So we can all bitch and moan twice a year?

I miss Arizona where they don't change.  And when I first moved to Indiana, we didn't change there either (but that law was changed while I as there and they left it up to the county which makes it even more stupid). 

[Deleted]

Farmers

[mcsangel2]

I thought it was a combo of the farmers AND the war.

[lilafowler]

Confession: I'm not mad about DST because I've been waking up lately and having a mini panic episode because I'm used to waking up in the dark-then I realize it's only 6 and I'm still good.

[mcsangel2]

Mar 12, 2016 20:45:43 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Mar 12, 2016 20:43:22 GMT -5 @licia said:

So we can all bitch and moan twice a year?

I miss Arizona where they don't change.  And when I first moved to Indiana, we didn't change there either (but that law was changed while I as there and they left it up to the county which makes it even more stupid). 

And I live in AZ and I do love not having to worry about this nonsense, but we do have to remember when everyone else changes, and sometimes I can't remember if they are adding or subtracting an hour.....

[Jalapeñomel]

Mar 12, 2016 20:47:03 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

Mar 12, 2016 20:45:43 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I miss Arizona where they don't change.  And when I first moved to Indiana, we didn't change there either (but that law was changed while I as there and they left it up to the county which makes it even more stupid). 

And I live in AZ and I do love not having to worry about this nonsense, but we do have to remember when everyone else changes, and sometimes I can't remember if they are adding or subtracting an hour.....

My mom just relies on me telling her that we will be 3 hours apart now.  LOL. 

[sproctopus]

I really thought it was the war. That's what I voted. I have no idea though, I guess.

[livinitup]

Ben Franklin

Save candles


(Ben also started the Post Office)
Am I close?

[emsumm]

Farmers. I love spring forward, it means everyone sleeps later.

[Jalapeñomel]

Mar 12, 2016 20:50:28 GMT -5 livinitup said:

Ben Franklin

Save candles


(Ben also started the Post Office)
Am I close?

I have not heard the Ben Franklin theory.

[jreeds]

Farmers.

But it also does torture parents.

[elleblue]

Mar 12, 2016 21:04:58 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Mar 12, 2016 20:50:28 GMT -5 livinitup said:

Ben Franklin

Save candles


(Ben also started the Post Office)
Am I close?

I have not heard the Ben Franklin theory.

Well he didn't exactly invent it, but he did write a satire piece suggesting it as a way to save candles, so the idea of dst and conservation was sort of his. Obviously it wasn't used until much later. 

[fivechickens]

Mar 12, 2016 20:47:03 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

Mar 12, 2016 20:45:43 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I miss Arizona where they don't change.  And when I first moved to Indiana, we didn't change there either (but that law was changed while I as there and they left it up to the county which makes it even more stupid). 

And I live in AZ and I do love not having to worry about this nonsense, but we do have to remember when everyone else changes, and sometimes I can't remember if they are adding or subtracting an hour.....

I live in a state that does this and I can't remember most of time what we are suppose to do. fall forward or fall back? Spring forward or hop back? Shrug. I let my phone tell me in the morning.

[tictac]

Mar 12, 2016 21:04:58 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I have not heard the Ben Franklin theory.

I know DST was really about farmers, but after taking 2 walking tours of Philly, you could now tell me Ben Franklin created pretty much anything, and I'd believe it. The man did a lot, okay?

[midnightrae]

I have no idea. I live in Arizona. We don't do daylight savings here.

[sofamonkey]

Aliens.

[Jalapeñomel]

Mar 12, 2016 21:12:18 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Mar 12, 2016 21:04:58 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I have not heard the Ben Franklin theory.

Well he didn't exactly invent it, but he did write a satire piece suggesting it as a way to save candles, so the idea of dst and conservation was sort of his. Obviously it wasn't used until much later. 

I was unaware of this satirical piece...now I must seek it out.

1916, that's when DST started in case people are unaware. (Hint hint)

[textbookcase]

Mar 12, 2016 20:47:03 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

Mar 12, 2016 20:45:43 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I miss Arizona where they don't change.  And when I first moved to Indiana, we didn't change there either (but that law was changed while I as there and they left it up to the county which makes it even more stupid). 

And I live in AZ and I do love not having to worry about this nonsense, but we do have to remember when everyone else changes, and sometimes I can't remember if they are adding or subtracting an hour.....

We live in CA but h works in az and it gets very confusing sometimes

[elleblue]

Mar 12, 2016 21:18:50 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Mar 12, 2016 21:12:18 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Well he didn't exactly invent it, but he did write a satire piece suggesting it as a way to save candles, so the idea of dst and conservation was sort of his. Obviously it wasn't used until much later. 

I was unaware of this satirical piece...now I must seek it out.

1916, that's when DST started in case people are unaware. (Hint hint)

If I'm remembering correctly, it was written during his time in France, and written anonymously (just in case that helps you track it down). 

[sproctopus]

Jalapeñomel ok I think I'm right then. I've been trying to avoid Google, but the link in my brain is to war but people seemed very confident about farmers LOL.

[katb]

It's to save energy - give people the time to do the chores, dinner, etc during the later daytime hours when awake rather than the morning when asleep. Thanks Fourth Grade Teachers

[atlas]

The War was the original reason for the implementation in the US. I think it was repealed though. Then Roosevelt brought it back.

Right?

[Jalapeñomel]

Mar 12, 2016 21:35:31 GMT -5 @dixiedarling said:

I choose SS because none of the options are completely correct. Germany was the first country to introduce DST in order to conserve energy during the war. But, some areas in Canada were using it a number of years earlier.

Sorry, I should've said for the US. I have zero knowledge of Canadian history, and my knowledge of US history is spotty at best. Lol

[caramia]

I haven't googled, but wouldn't farmers just work when it's light, no matter what time it actually is?

ETA, so my answer is war

[jane6672]

Dairy farmers were not fans