On Sunday, in a long, rambling Truth Social post, President Donald Trump revealed the real reason he’s been pushing for permanent Daylight Saving Time. Unsurprisingly, it’s for the benefit of golf. What’s more, in the same post, he doxxed a Republican senator by revealing his personal cell phone number.
“Everybody in Arkansas, [Senator] Tom Cotton (R-AK), a friend of mine, is holding up a very important Bill,” posted the president. “It’s called, ‘The Sunshine Protection Act’ or, ‘We Don’t Want to Change Our Clocks Twice a Year Act.’ For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it’s very easy to do, it only takes one! It should pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion. So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE! It will be appreciated by all. Nobody wants to spend their precious time running all over the place, turning Clocks back twice a year and, having sunshine in the afternoon is better than early in the morning!”
Here Trump tipped his hand, revealing his actual justification for the bill: “The PGA TOUR, as an example, needs more Daylight in the afternoon in order to finish their Tournaments. Likewise, regular Golfers, Tennis Players, Hunters and, perhaps most importantly, Farmers who want more Daylight to play or work. See letter from Brian Rolapp, CEO of the PGA TOUR below. 65 percent PLUS want more sun in the afternoon, Daylight Saving Time (The way it is now!), but 100 percent don’t want to change their Clocks twice a year. They want to, as they say, ‘LOCK THE CLOCK!’ Who doesn’t? It’s very expensive for our Nation where you have high and dangerous steeples to reach, like on churches and municipal buildings. Almost everybody wants ‘The Sunshine Protection Act’ to pass, except for Tom Cotton. To the Great People of Arkansas, please let your Senator know it would be a GREAT Bipartisan WIN for the United States Senate, and for America, itself. Call Tom on his cellphone…” The president went on to reveal what he asserts is Cotton’s actual phone number.
EST is already an agreed upon standard in some circles.
I want to visit California.
I currently eat dinner at 6 pm EST. National peak is 6:19 pm.
That’s 23:00 UTC.
People in California eat dinner at 6 PST or 9 PM EST or 2 UTC.
So when I get to California I have to figure out what time dinner is at normally?
Maybe that’s the thing I’m not seeing
It’s simple. I leave Maine at 2 UTC and arrive in California at 11 UTC after a 9 hour flight.
I’m in California with a clock that says 11 UTC. At 11 UTC I am usually sleeping but I could get up. So if I slept well on the plane I’d probably leave the airport to go do something. 11 UTC is 3 am PST. California would be sleeping. How do I know when things will open? Generally 8 am to 10 am. It’s 11 UTC, how do I know when it is “Generally 8 am to 10 am” in California UTC time? Think California probably runs 3 hours later then Maine. I know stores open at 12 UTC to 14 UTC in Maine. So they are generally going to open 15 UTC to 17 UTC in California?
Like instead of worrying about what time it is in your home area. You have to worry about what times change to in the new area. You know your home time instantly, but have to convert to “local” time.
And I do see your point of the date line. That is is a perk.
I mean I don’t want to learn a new dinner time. I don’t want to worry what time dinner is in California.