That’s the exact same thing… we could say that you start work at 8 and finish at 16 half the year, and work 9-17 the other half. We’ve just decided that it’s more practical to say that you always work 8-16, and then shift the clock to keep in sync with when there is more light outside.
So like, in January, the sun sets at say around 5:15pm. With DST active, it would set at 6:15pm.
So there is more daylight after work or school gets out for most people.
Either way, the time change seems like it’s not useful in today’s age, so we should pick one.
Instead of playing games with clocks, why don’t we just do things at different times?
That’s the exact same thing… we could say that you start work at 8 and finish at 16 half the year, and work 9-17 the other half. We’ve just decided that it’s more practical to say that you always work 8-16, and then shift the clock to keep in sync with when there is more light outside.