Daylight saving time doesn’t have much of a fan base in Butler County
People across the nation will turn their clocks back one hour early Sunday morning, Nov. 5, to the chagrin of people who dislike the practice.
Mikayla Moretti, director of special events for Butler County Community College and the BC3 Education Foundation, said her days feel much harder when there is less daylight to work under.
“It seems like the days are flying by,” Moretti said. “Waking up is harder; it just seems harder to get up and get going when it’s dark out.”
Daylight saving time is the practice of moving clocks forward by one hour during summer months so daylight lasts longer into the evening, according to Reuters. It always starts on the second Sunday in March, when clocks jump ahead an hour, and ends on the first Sunday in November, when they fall back one hour.
The change in time in the spring is intended to add more daylight to working hours, but when it ends in the fall, it can be jarring to some people.
Barb Czzowitz, of Butler, is retired , but still dislikes the change in time.
“I do not like when it gets dark at 4:30,” Czzowitz said. “We all used to work, and when you worked, you went in the morning, it was dark. When you came home it was dark. It was depressing.”
Shawnee Young, director of Butler County Veterans Services, said she only likes the extended dark periods when people start decorating their houses with lights.
“Coming to work in the dark and going home in the dark is not good for your mental health,” Young said. “It’s only OK around Christmas when everybody’s lights are up, and after that, January and February are rough.”
Carole Fruehstorfer, of Butler said the practice seems outdated, and she hopes to see it changed in the coming years.
“The sun goes up, the sun goes down no matter what time you have on the clock,” Fruehstorfer said.
