Diane, I think you might have missed my joke about the kids and the hatch time.

Actually though, there are sound reasons for daylight savings time. There is a very measurable drop in energy consumption on both ends. Consumption drops when it begins since people don't need to have the lights on anymore while they cook dinner, etc. in their first couple of hours home from work. When we roll the clocks back consumption drops again since people no longer need their lights on to get ready for work in the mornings. There are sound reasons for leaving it alone. Now, making the period of time that it's in effect longer, that's another matter.

Jeremy

PS I had no idea that there were actually people out there that hated DST. There's always Indiana and Arizona, neither of which participate.