STRONG OPPOSE
We cannot merge proposals for permanent Standard Time (elimination of Daylight Saving Time) with proposals for permanent DST (elimination of Standard Time), as these are exact opposites.
History, science, and common sense show permanent DST is worse than biannual clock change. Permanent Standard Time is the healthier, safer, and fairer policy.
As an analogy: Standard Time is like drinking water every day, and DST is like getting drunk on alcohol (or another vice or drug) every day. We hurt when we start DST (spring forward), we hurt as we continue it, and we may hurt temporarily when we stop (fall back). When we have a substance-abuse problem, the solution is not to adopt it permanently, the solution is to stop it.
The healthful solution to DST is not to extend DST permanently into winter, but rather we should return to alignment of civil clocks to circadian rhythms, via permanent Standard Time. For details as to why, please read the linked posts.
COUNTER-PROPOSAL
Merge as “End DST, Make Standard Time Permanent”:
- Get rid of daylight savings time
- Ditch Daylight Saving Time, Restore Permanent Standard Time
- Repeal Daylight Savings Time
- Eliminate daylight savings time
Merge as “End Standard Time, Make DST Permanent”:
Merge as “End Clock Change, Make Either Standard Time or DST Permanent”:
