[White Wine]

Originally Posted by divisionbyzero0

No. Dont be like Indiana with serious school delay and dark morning accident in the winter because of late winter sunrise

Indiana's problems aren't related to it being in the wrong time zone, it's related to its inconsistent and complicated use of DST. Some parts of the state observe it and others don't. This is complicated by the fact that Indiana straddles two time zones, yes, but ultimately the problem is they can't agree on where and when DST should be observed, if at all.

[ttownfeen]

There's nothing that can be done about the days being shorter in the winter. You're either going to have a late sunrise or an early sunset. Neither is optimal for our working hours, so let's not use that as judge of whether it would be good for Alabama to be on Eastern time or not. Except for the far western fringes, the state is far more connected to the states to the east than those to the west.

[raj kapoor]

Originally Posted by ttownfeen

There's nothing that can be done about the days being shorter in the winter. You're either going to have a late sunrise or an early sunset. Neither is optimal for our working hours, so let's not use that as judge of whether it would be good for Alabama to be on Eastern time or not. Except for the far western fringes, the state is far more connected to the states to the east than those to the west.

You have made several reasonable points on this thread.

[Dirt Grinder]

I think we should split the difference and go for (Central + Eastern)/2 .

[ttownfeen]

Originally Posted by raj kapoor

You have made several reasonable points on this thread.

Thank you! I appreciate the kudos.

Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

I think we should split the difference and go for (Central + Eastern)/2 .

There are some places in the world that do just that. All of India for example is 5.5 hours ahead of Universal Coordinated Time (the time from which all other times zones in the world are offset). So when it's noon in London (whose time zone is offset 0 hours from UTC), it's 5:30pm in New Delhi. How weird is that?

Nepal's even crazier. Their time is offset from UTC by 5h45min. So when it's 5:30pm in New Delhi, it's 5:45 in Katmandhu!

[NornIron]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

Now, if you really want extremes go to the Upper Great Plains or Rocky Mountain states in late June and July, when the sun comes up around 4:30 a.m. and doesn't full set until about 10:30 p.m.!

In Northern Ireland we observe British Summer Time from April to late October.

It's broad daylight at 4am and not pitch black til gone 11pm at this time of year. Much better than winter when it's dark at 4 pm and not light again til after 8am.

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

[White Wine]

Originally Posted by ttownfeen

Nepal's even crazier. Their time is offset from UTC by 5h45min. So when it's 5:30pm in New Delhi, it's 5:45 in Katmandhu!

That is so ridiculous. Seriously - what's the point of being 15 minutes (or 45 minutes) ahead or behind the countries adjacent to you? 30 minutes is pretty silly too, but 15 minutes makes me question your decision-making skills.

[bluebeard]

They should make minute-by-minute time zones. Time travel would be so much easier.

Or maybe be like China and everyone has the same time zone.

[XFS]

It does make no sense to me that Phenix City, AL is part of Eastern Time even though they 5 miles away Columbus, GA. Phenix City should be part of the Central Time, you got Russel County, AL that is part of the Central Time it makes no sense everybody is going to be confused about Phenix city, AL time. What you guys think, do you want Phenix City to be in Eastern or Central time?

[Kcoble7]

Alabama and Central Tennessee should be on eastern time and Indiana should be on central time. The Daylight length due to Alabama and Central Tennessee being closer to the equator does not change as rapidly as Indiana. Because of this, the sun doesn't even set past 8 in the summer! Whereas in Indiana it would still get dark decently late even on Central Time.