Oh, here we go again.
Daylight savings time, that aberration of an idea whose usefulness expired halfway through the last century, has actually been *expanded* by some six weeks.
Nothing can justify the brainwhack this causes to all Americans. Sleep patterns average about two hours. Changing the clock by half that is about the worst option one could imagine.
Furthermore, from a computer security standpoint, the change extends an already potentially dangerous race condition from a few hours to several weeks.
But if we’re resigned to doing this, then let’s be smart about it.
Let’s adopt a program whereby the clocks are changed every month by ten minutes in the appropriate direction.
That would maximize the (unsubstantiated assertions of) safety and energy conservation benefits and minimize the disruptive impact on the population at large.
Of course we’ll have to replace the “Spring forward, Fall back” mnemonic, but it was pretty moronic anyway. Admit it, you almost wanted to add a “Hyuck hyuck” at the end every time you said it.